Use of traditional medicine by immigrant Chinese patients

Family Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 195-200

  Wu, Amy P W ^a   Burke, Adam ^b   LeBaron, Samuel ^a,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; SELF MEDICATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SELF MEDICATION;

EID: 33847376545     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Barnes JS, Bennett CE; US Census Bureau. The Asian population, 2000. Washington, DC: US Department of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration, US Census Bureau, 2002.
2. Unschuld P. Medicine in China: a history of ideas. Berkeley, Calif: University of California Press, 1985.
3. Ernst E, White AR. Acupuncture for back pain: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Arch Intern Med 1998;158:2235-41.
4. Berman BM, Lixing L, Langenberg P, Lee WL, Gilpin AM, Hochberg MC. Effectiveness of acupuncture as adjunctive therapy in osteoarthritis of the knee: a randomized, controlled trial. Ann Intern Med 2004;141:901-10.
5. Bensoussan A, Talley NJ, Hing M, Menzies R, Guo A, Ngu M. Treatment of irritable bowel syndrome with Chinese herbal medicine: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA 1998;280:1585-9.
6. Mashour NH, Lin GI, Frishman WH. Herbal medicine for the treatment of cardiovascular disease: clinical considerations. Arch Intern Med 1998;158:2225-34.
7. Bedi MK, Shenefelt PD. Herbal therapy in dermatology. Arch Dermatol 2002;138:232-42.
8. Zhang J, Verhoef MJ. Illness management strategies among Chinese immigrants living with arthritis. Soc Sci Med 2002;55:1795-1802.
9. Ahn AC, Ngo-Metzger Q, Legedza AT, Massagli MP, Clarridge BR, Phillips RS. Complementary and alternative medical therapy use among Chinese and Vietnamese Americans: prevalence, associated factors, and effects of patient-clinician communication. Am J Public Health 2006;96(4):647-53.
10. Barnes PM, Powell-Griner E, McFann K, Nahin RL. Complementary and alternative medicine use among adults: United States, 2002. Hyattsville, Md: National Center for Health Statistics. Adv Data 2004;27(343):1-19.
11. Burke A, Upchurch D, Chyu L, Dye C. National Health Interview Survey report on acupuncture use in the US: implications for public health. Paper presented at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, December 2005, Philadelphia.
12. Eisenberg DM, Kessler RC, Foster C, Norlock FE, Calkins DR, Delbanco TL. Unconventional medicine in the United States: prevalence, costs, and patterns of use. N Engl J Med 1993;328:246-52.
13. Eisenberg DM, Davis RB, Ettner SL, et al. Trends in alternative medicine use in the United States, 1990-1997: results of a follow-up national survey. JAMA 1998;280:1569-75.
14. Foster BC, Vandenhoek S, Tang R, Budzinski JW, Krantis A, Li KY. Effect of several Chinese natural health products of human cytochrome P450 metabolism. J Pharm Pharm Sci 2002;5:185-9.
15. Chan TY. Drug interactions as a cause of overanticoagulation and bleedings in Chinese patients receiving warfarin. Int J Clin Pharmacol Ther 1998;36:403-5.
16. Lewis CJ, Alpert S. FDA concerned about botanical products, including dietary supplements, containing aristolochic acid [letter]. US Food and Drug Administration Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition Office of Nutritional Products, Labeling, and Dietary Supplements. May 31, 2000. www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/ds-botl2.html. Accessed January 20, 2006.
17. Tomassoni AJ, Simone K. Herbal medicines for children: an illusion of safety? Curr Opin Pediatr 2001;13(2):162-9.
18. Ernst E. Adverse effects of herbal drugs in dermatology. Br J Dermatol 2000;143:923-9.
19. Kohn LT, Corrigan JM, Donaldson MS. To err is human: building a safer health system. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2000.
20. Holland EG, Degruy F. Drug-induced disorders. Am Fam Physician 1997;56:1781-8.
21. Starfield B. Is US health really the best in the world? JAMA 2000;284(4):483-5.
22. Aday L. Designing and conducting health surveys. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1996.
23. Tindle HA, Davis RB, Phillips RS, Eisenberg DM. Trends in the use of complementary and alternative medicine by US adults: 1997-2002. Altern Ther Health Med 2005;11:42-9.
24. Graham RE, Ahn AC, Davis RB, O'Connor BB, Eisenberg DM, Phillips RS. Use of complementary and alternative medical therapies among racial and ethnic minority adults: results from the 2002 National Health Interview Survey. J Natl Med Assoc 2005;97:535-45.
25. Mackenzie ER, Taylor L, Bloom BS, Hufford DJ, Johnson JC. Ethnic minority use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM): a national probability survey of CAM utilizers. Altern Ther Health Med 2003;9:50-6.