Provision of acupuncture in a university health centre - A clinical audit

Complementary Therapies in Nursing and Midwifery

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 14-19

  Grabowska, C ^a   Squire, C ^a   MacRae, E ^a   Robinson, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Complementary Therapies   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Audit; CAM research

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT AGENT; VITAMIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DROWSINESS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MASSAGE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PODIATRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN BRUISING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0037298413     PISSN: 13536117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-6117(02)00106-3     Document Type: Article

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