Pediatricians' attitudes, experience and referral patterns regarding complementary/alternative medicine: A national survey

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Sawni, Anju ^a   Thomas, Ronald ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINESE DRUG; MULTIVITAMIN; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANAMNESIS; AROMATHERAPY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACKACHE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAUCASIAN; CHIROPRACTIC; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXPERIENCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; MALE; MASSAGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MENTAL DISEASE; PAIN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRICIAN; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTAL MAIL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFLEXOLOGY; RELAXATION TRAINING; RELIGION; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34347402035     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-7-18     Document Type: Article

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