'Doctors can't help much': The search for an alternative

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 49, Issue 445, 1999, Pages 626-629

  Paterson, Charlotte ^a   Britten, Nicky ^b  

^a Warwick House Medical Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Complementary medicine; Orthodox medicine

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SELF HELP; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032773350     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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