Perceptions of complementary and alternative medicine amongst medical students in Singapore - A survey

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-26

  Yeo, Angela S H ^a   Yeo, Jonathan C H ^a   Yeo, Colin ^a   Lee, Chau Hung ^a   Lim, Lan Fern ^a   Lee, Tat Leang ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Complementary and alternative medicine; Education; Medical student; Survey

Indexed keywords

AYURVEDIC DRUG; ECHINACEA EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ATTITUDE; CHINESE MEDICINE; DEMOGRAPHY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MASSAGE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDITATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELAXATION TRAINING; RELIGION; REVIEW; SINGAPORE; TAI CHI; YOGA;

EID: 17144372203     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/aim.23.1.19     Document Type: Review

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