On the definition of complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine: Societal mega-stereotypes vs. the patients' perspectives

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 58-62

  Caspi, Opher ^a   Sechrest, Lee ^b   Pitluk, Howard C ^a   Marshall, Carter L ^a   Bell, Iris R ^c   Nichter, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NOMENCLATURE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STEREOTYPY; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; STEREOTYPING; TERMINOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242361723     PISSN: 10786791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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