Patients' motives for choosing a physician: Comparison between conventional and complementary medicine in Swiss primary care

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Wapf, Victoria ^a   Busato, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALLOPATHY; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINESE MEDICINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 43449134365     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-7-41     Document Type: Article

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