Complementary and alternative medicine for children's asthma: Satisfaction, care provider responsiveness, and networks of care

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-55

  Freidin, Betina ^a   Timmermans, Stefan ^b  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Families; Lay concepts and practices; Sociology of medicine; Unstructured interviews; Users'experiences of health care

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PREDNISONE; SALBUTAMOL; STEROID;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOTHER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SATISFACTION; STANDARDIZATION;

ASTHMA; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MOTHERS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 37249087936     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732307308995     Document Type: Article

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