Patient approach and experience regarding complementary medicine: Survey among hospitalized patients in a university hospital

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 679-685

  Rosen, Irit ^a   Azzam, Zaher S ^a,b   Levi, Tiferet ^a   Braun, Eyal ^a   Krivoy, Norberto ^a,b  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Approach; Complementary medicine; Experience; Local population; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NURSING EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL PATIENT; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0348230614     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.840     Document Type: Article

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