Reasons for choosing and complying with complementary health care: An in-house study on a South Australian clinic

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1107-1112

  D'Crus, Amanda ^a,b   Wilkinson, Jenny M ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Norwood Homoeopathic Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLOPATHY; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONSULTATION; DECISION MAKING; DIET THERAPY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 31144436096     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2005.11.1107     Document Type: Article

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