Investigating complementary and alternative medicine use in a spanish-speaking hispanic community in South Carolina

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Trangmar, Philip ^a   Diaz, Vanessa A ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptability of health care; Beliefs; Complementary therapies; Customs; Hispanic americans; Primary care; Self medication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH CAROLINA;

EID: 39049093374     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.736     Document Type: Article

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