Patients' choice of asthma and allergy treatments

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 529-534

  Jørgensen, Vibeke ^a   Launsø, Laila ^b  

^a Center for Bridge Building in Health Care Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DECISION MAKING; DENMARK; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 22244458885     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2005.11.529     Document Type: Article

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