Problem-solving and decision-making preferences: No difference between complementary and alternative medicine users and non-users

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 213-216

  Boon, Heather ^a,b   Westlake, K ^a   Deber, R ^b   Moineddin, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Complementary; Decision making; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER REGISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTAL MAIL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 24344434607     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2005.05.002     Document Type: Article

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