Preliminary initiatives in a bridge building project between conventional and alternative practitioners in Denmark

Forschende Komplementarmedizin

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 307-312

  Haahr, Niels ^a   Launsø, Laila ^a  

^a Danish Multiple Sclerosis Society   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Integrative medicine; Integrative treatment; Multiple sclerosis; Team development

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; DENMARK; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DENMARK; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750356139     PISSN: 16614119     EISSN: 16614127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095121     Document Type: Article

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