Use of complementary and alternative therapies among active duty soldiers, military retirees, and family members at a military hospital

Military Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 354-357

  McPherson, Fujio ^a   Schwenka, Mary Ann ^a  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANXIETY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSE; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PENSIONER; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REVIEW; SOLDIER; SPOUSE; STRESS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); UNITED STATES;

EID: 3242697925     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.169.5.354     Document Type: Review

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