Turkish general practitioners and complementary/alternative medicine

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1007-1010

  Ozcakir, Alis ^a   Sadikoglu, Ganime ^a   Bayram, Nuran ^a   Mazicioglu, M Mumtaz ^b   Bilgel, Nazan ^a   Beyhan, Isik ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERAL; VITAMIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHIROPRACTIC; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MASSAGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDITATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFLEXOLOGY; SPIRITUAL HEALING; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TURKEY;

EID: 36749035320     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2007.7168     Document Type: Article

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