Use of complementary and alternative medicine among patients attending rheumatology clinics in Israel

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 184-187

  Breuer, Gabriel S ^a,d   Orbach, Hedi ^b,g   Elkayam, Ori ^c,e   Berkun, Yaakov ^b,h   Paran, Dafna ^c   Mates, Michal ^a,d   Nesher, Gideon ^a,f  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BIKUR CHOLIM HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^f HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^g WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^h Safra Children's Hospital   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Alternative medicine; Complementary medicine; Homeopathy; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; DIET THERAPY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; REFLEXOLOGY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHIATSU; SPIRITUAL HEALING; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHEUMATIC DISEASES;

EID: 33645465543     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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