How should clinical psychologists approach complementary and alternative medicine? Empirical, epistemological, and ethical considerations

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 657-675

  Hughes, Brian M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CHIROPRACTIC; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EPISTEMOLOGY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; TAI CHI; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ACUPUNCTURE; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CULTURE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ETHICS; HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40749109367     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2007.09.005     Document Type: Review

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