Advising patients who seek alternative medical therapies

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-69

  Eisenberg, David M ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXPECTATION; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0030741183     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-127-1-199707010-00010     Document Type: Review

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