Spirituality and choice of health care practitioner

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 939-945

  Petry, Judith J ^a   Finkel, Robert ^b  

^a Department of Integrative Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b Sage Hill Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ENGLAND; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SPIRITUALITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 13144251107     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2004.10.939     Document Type: Article

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