Perceptions of philosophic and practice differences between US osteopathic physicians and their allopathic counterparts

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2141-2148

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

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Holistic medicine; Osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT); Osteopathic medicine; Osteopathic philosophy; Osteopathic practice; Professional identity; USA

Indexed keywords

HEALTH WORKER; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTAL MAIL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; MANIPULATION, OSTEOPATHIC; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036975562     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(01)00357-4     Document Type: Article

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