Complementary therapy use by women's health clinic clients

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 50-55

  Pettigrew, Amy C ^a   King, Margaret O'Brien ^b   McGee, Karen ^c   Rudolph, Connie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA   (United States)

^c Tri Health Nurse Midwives ^*

^d Associates in Women's Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET THERAPY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOMEOPATHY; HYPNOSIS; MASSAGE; MEDITATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAI CHI; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 14644400371     PISSN: 10786791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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