Entering the well-guarded fortress: Alternative practitioners in hospital settings

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1745-1755

  Shuval, Judith T ^a   Mizrachi, Nissim ^b   Smetannikov, Emma ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Complementary medicine; Hospitals; Israel

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JOB SATISFACTION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSE; PAIN; PHYSICIAN; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ANCILLARY SERVICES, HOSPITAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GOALS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONAL PRACTICE; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS; ISRAEL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0036843380     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(01)00305-7     Document Type: Article

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