Use of complementary alternative medicine in patients admitted to internal medicine wards

International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 539-547

  Azaz Livshits, T ^a   Muszkat, M ^a   Levy, M ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

CAM; Complementary or alternative medicine; Hospital pharmacoepidemiology; Physicians' attitude; Physicians' awareness

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIULCER AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; ECHINACEA EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; MINERAL; PROBIOTIC AGENT; VALERIAN; VITAMIN;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT INFORMATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WARD; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, UNDER 100; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0036896234     PISSN: 09461965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/CPP40539     Document Type: Article

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