What accounts for the appeal of complementary/alternative medicine, and what makes complementary/alternative medicine "alternative"?

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 431-450

  Swartzman, Leora C ^a   Harshman, Richard A ^a   Burkell, Jacquelyn ^a   Lundy, Margaret E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

3 way; Alternative medicine; Attitude toward health; Complementary (natural) versus conventional (or traditional, biomedical) treatment; Factor analysis; Intractable pain; Lay beliefs; Multi mode; PARAFAC; Psychological models

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACK PAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0036738319     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/027298902320556127     Document Type: Article

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