Use of Mind-Body Medical Therapies: Results of a National Survey

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-50

  Wolsko, Peter M ^a,b   Eisenberg, David M ^a   Davis, Roger B ^a   Phillips, Russell S ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Harvard Osher Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence based medicine; Mind body; Self care; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BACKACHE; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; IMAGERY; INSOMNIA; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITATION; MIND BODY MEDICAL THERAPY; MUSIC THERAPY; NECK PAIN; RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; TELEPHONE; THERAPY; TREATMENT INDICATION; YOGA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREATHING EXERCISES; FAITH HEALING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); MIDDLE AGED; MIND-BODY AND RELAXATION TECHNIQUES; NEGOTIATING; UNITED STATES; YOGA;

EID: 1242314699     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2004.21019.x     Document Type: Review

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