Confronting the communication gap between conventional and alternative medicine: A survey of physicians' attitudes

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 61-66

  Crock, Ronald D ^a   Jarjoura, David ^b   Polen, Ann ^a   Rutecki, Gregory W ^a,b  

^a NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0033090039     PISSN: 10786791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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