Complementary and alternative medicine: What the NHS should be funding?

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 58, Issue 548, 2008, Pages 208-209

  Ernst, Edzard ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM EXTRACT; CRATAEGUS EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GUAR GUM; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; KAVA EXTRACT; MELATONIN; PADMA 28; PHYTODOLOR; PYGEUM AFRICANUM EXTRACT; RED CLOVER EXTRACT; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SABAL EXTRACT; UBIDECARENONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY DISORDER; AROMATHERAPY; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPNOSIS; INSOMNIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABOR PAIN; MASSAGE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MUSIC THERAPY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RELAXATION TRAINING; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOYBEAN; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 40749119709     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp08X279562     Document Type: Article

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