Historical perspectives on health. Early Arabic medicine

Journal of The Royal Society for the Promotion of Health

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 184-187

  Brewer, Harry ^a  

^a Intl Health Services Northern   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabic medicine; Graeco Roman; Health; Islam; Qur'an; Theology; Traditional medicine; Translation

Indexed keywords

ARAB; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FRANCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; ITALY; LEARNING; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MIDDLE EAST; NURSE ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; RELIGION; SPAIN; THEOLOGY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ARAB WORLD; HISTORY OF NURSING; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICINE, ARABIC; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL;

EID: 4043169782     PISSN: 14664240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146642400412400412     Document Type: Article

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