First impressions in complementary practice: The importance of environment, dress and address to the therapeutic relationship

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 102-109

  Turner, Roger Newman ^a   Leach, Janine ^b   Robinson, David ^c  

^a Research Council for Complementary Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Address; Complementary therapy; Dress; Health care setting; Patient preferences; White coat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33947596042     PISSN: 17443881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2006.10.001     Document Type: Article

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