Health care and consumer choice: Medical and alternative therapies

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 203-212

  Kelner, Merrijoy ^a   Wellman, Beverly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alternative therapies; Consumer choice; Health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONSUMER; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTIVATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SICK ROLE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0031000219     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00334-6     Document Type: Article

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