General practitioners' knowledge and practice of complementary/alternative medicine and its relationship with life-styles: A population-based survey in Italy

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Giannelli, Massimo ^a   Cuttini, Marina ^b   Da Frè, Monica ^c   Buiatti, Eva ^c  

^a FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Regional Health Agency of Tuscany   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AYURVEDA; CHIROPRACTIC; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; ITALY; KNOWLEDGE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MOXIBUSTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PHYTOTHERAPY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; REFLEXOLOGY; SHIATSU; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ADULT; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GATEKEEPING; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; ITALY; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34249654459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-8-30     Document Type: Article

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