Attitudes to the contribution of placebo in acupuncture - A survey

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 202-209

  Norheim, Arne Johan ^a   Fonnebo V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Attitude; Cancer; Patient; Placebo

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORWAY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION;

EID: 0038732465     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-2299(02)00091-2     Document Type: Article

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