Plants from many healing landscapes: Gathering information and teaching clinicians about the cultural use of medicinal herbs

Journal of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 223-226

  Whelan, Julia S ^a   Dvorkin, Lana ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOCYNTH;

ANTHROPOLOGY; BIOMEDICINE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; HEALING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HERB; IMMIGRANT; LABORATORY TEST; LIBRARIAN; LIFESPAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICINAL PLANT; PHYSICIAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT; PRESCRIPTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES;

CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HAITI; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MEDICINE, HERBAL; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646263096     PISSN: 15365050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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