Use of complementary and alternative therapies by rural African Americans with type 2 diabetes

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 34-38

  Jones, Randy A ^a   Utz, Sharon ^a   Wenzel, Jennifer ^b   Steeves, Richard ^a   Hinton, Ivora ^a   Andrews, Dana ^c   Murphy, Alison ^c   Oliver, Norman ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATURAL PRODUCT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CARE; SPIRITUAL HEALING;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FAITH HEALING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CARE; SPIRITUALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748792589     PISSN: 10786791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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