Developing Integrative Primary Healthcare Delivery: Adding a Chiropractor to the Team

Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-24

  Garner, Michael J ^a   Birmingham, Michael ^a   Aker, Peter ^b   Moher, David ^c,d   Balon, Jeff ^e,f   Keenan, Dirk ^g   Manga, Pran ^a  

^a Carlington Community and Health Services   (Canada)

^b Tweed   (Canada)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d Faculty of Medicine   (Canada)

^e CANADIAN MEMORIAL CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE   (Canada)

^f AIM Health Group   (Canada)

^g University of Ottawa ^*

Author keywords

chiropractic; community health centers; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHIROPRACTIC PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING STAFF; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEAMWORK; TRUST; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHIROPRACTIC; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 37849041923     PISSN: 15508307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.explore.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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