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osteopathy  

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  • Osteopathy is a system of medicine that is distinct in a philosophical approach to patient care in health and in sickness. Doctors of osteopathic medicine (DOs) are fully-recognized physicians licensed to practice medicine in any of the recognized specialties in the United States and in Canada, as well as some other countries of the world. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Health; Osteopathy]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-LXZ9HVHB-F

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