Nurses' perceptions of complementary and alternative medical therapies

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 175-189

  Brolinson, Per Gunnar ^a   Price, James H ^b   Ditmyer, Marcia ^b   Reis, Deb ^a  

^a TOLEDO HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Complimentary alternative medicine; Nurses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; POSTAL MAIL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; POSTAL SERVICE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035380254     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010369012151     Document Type: Article

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