Consulting a complementary and alternative medical practitioner: A systematic inventory of motives among French patients

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 791-798

  Cottencin, Audrey ^a   Mullet, Etienne ^a   Sorum, Paul C ^b  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSAL THEORY; THEORY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT STUDIES; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 33845576243     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2006.12.791     Document Type: Article

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