Cross-cultural differences in GPs' attitudes towards complementary and alternative medicine: A survey comparing regions of the UK and Germany

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 141-147

  Schmidt, K ^a   Jacobs, P A ^b   Barton, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c Plymouth and South Devon Research and Development Support Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036757148     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965229902000560     Document Type: Article

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