Communication about complementary and alternative medicine: Perspectives of primary care clinicians

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 56-63

  Flannery, Maureen A ^a   Love, Margaret M ^a   Pearce, Kevin A ^a,b   Luan, Jingyu ^c   Elder, William G ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Kentucky Ambulatory Network   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department's Complementary and Alternative Medicine Curriculum Integration Efforts

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; NURSE MIDWIFE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENTUCKY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 30744456239     PISSN: 10786791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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