Complementary and alternative medicine for menopause: A qualitative analysis of women's decision making

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 619-622

  Hill Sakurai, Laura E ^a   Muller, Jessica ^a,b   Thom, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementary therapies; Decision making; Menopause

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOPATHY; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MENOPAUSE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HOT FLUSH; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 42449102543     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0537-9     Document Type: Article

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