Policies pertaining to complementary and alternative medical therapies in a random sample of 39 academic health centers

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 36-40

  Cohen, Michael H ^a   Sandler, Lynne ^a   Hrbek, Andrea ^a   Davis, Roger B ^a   Eisenberg, David M ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MALPRACTICE; MASSAGE; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MUSIC THERAPY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MASSAGE; MIND-BODY AND RELAXATION TECHNIQUES; MUSIC THERAPY; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 12144269555     PISSN: 10786791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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