Integrative health care: A need for change?

Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Leach, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complementary medicine; Health care; Integrative medicine; Orthodox medicine

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPETENCE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PATIENT CARE; PHILOSOPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 33645862859     PISSN: 15533840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1553-3840.1036     Document Type: Article

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