Conditions and diagnoses for which osteopathic primary care physicians and specialists use osteopathic manipulative treatment

Journal of the American Osteopathic Association

Volumn 102, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 527-540

  Johnson, Shirley M ^a,b   Kurtz, Margot E ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Family and Community Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Holistic care; Medical conditions; Medical diagnoses; Osteopathic manipulative treatment OMT ; Primary care; Specialty care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SPINE DISEASE; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 0036796377     PISSN: 00986151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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