Attitudes to evidence on complementary medicine: The perspective of British healthcare purchasers

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 136-141

  Van Haselen, R ^a   Fisher, P ^a  

^a UCL Hospitals NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MEDICAL AUDIT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032824827     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-2299(99)80121-6     Document Type: Article

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