Status of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the Osteopathic Medical School Curriculum

Journal of the American Osteopathic Association

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 121-126

  Saxon, Dale W ^a   Tunnicliff, Godfrey ^b   Brokaw, James J ^c   Raess, Beat U ^b  

^a Indiana University School of Medicine Evansville   (United States)

^b Dept of Biochem and Molec Biology ^*

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CURRICULUM; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; ENERGY; ENERGY THERAPY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; IMAGERY; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MASSAGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MUSIC THERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFLEXOLOGY; RELIGION; REVIEW; TOUCH; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VITAMIN INTAKE;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1642546502     PISSN: 00986151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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