Providing complementary and alternative medicine in primary care: The primary care workers' perspective

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 6-16

  van Haselen, Robbert A ^a   Reiber, U ^b   Nickel, I ^b   Jakob, A ^b   Fisher, P A G ^a  

^a UCL Hospitals NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine; Primary care; Primary care workers

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MASSAGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NURSE; PAIN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEAMWORK; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 2642562700     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-2299(03)00140-7     Document Type: Article

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