Attitudes of immigrants from the former Soviet Union towards complementary medicine

Harefuah

Volumn 146, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 584-588

  Ben Arye, Eran ^a,b   Shturman, Elena ^a,b   Klein, Anat ^d   Frenkel, Moshe ^a,b,c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^d Medicollege   (Israel)

Author keywords

Complementary medicine; Cross cultural medicine; Doctor patient communication; Integrative medicine; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; USSR;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICINE, HERBAL; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; USSR;

EID: 34848883110     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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