The colour of the homeopathic improvement: The multidimensional nature of the response to homeopathic therapy

Homeopathy

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 196-199

  Oberbaum, M ^a   Singer, S R ^a   Vithoulkas, G ^b  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b International Academy of Classical Homeopathy   (Greece)

Author keywords

Hering's law; Homeopathic improvement; Multidimensional; Therapeutic response

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; ROFECOXIB;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOOD; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SELF CONCEPT; SLEEP PATTERN; TIME PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WELLBEING;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MATERIA MEDICA; PATIENT EDUCATION;

EID: 21444436140     PISSN: 14754916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.homp.2005.05.004     Document Type: Article

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