A survey of primary car physicians' perceptions of their patients' use of complementary medicine

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 254-260

  Giveon, S M ^a,b   Liberman, N ^a   Klang, S ^a   Kahan, Ernesto ^b,c  

^a General Sick Fund   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIDE EFFECT; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HERB DRUG INTERACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF MEDICATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HERB-DRUG INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SELF MEDICATION;

EID: 1442277029     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-2299(03)00114-6     Document Type: Article

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