Women's needs for CAM information to manage menopausal symptoms

Climacteric

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 215-224

  Armitage, G D ^a   Suter, E ^a,d   Verhoef, M J ^b   Bockmuehl, C ^c   Bobey, M ^a  

^a CALGARY HEALTH REGION   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d Health Systems and Workforce Research Unit   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complementary therapies; Decision making; Information needs; Menopause; Needs assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION CENTER; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYTOESTROGENS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34248595817     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: 14730804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13697130701342475     Document Type: Article

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