Do chiropractors identify with complementary and alternative medicine? Results of a survey

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 361-368

  Redwood, Daniel ^a   Hawk, Cheryl ^a,b   Cambron, Jerrilyn ^c   Vinjamury, Sivarama Prasad ^d   Bedard, Jennifer ^a,b  

^a Cleveland Chiropractic College Kansas City   (United States)

^b Cleveland Chiropractic College   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHIROPRACTIC; CHIROPRACTIC PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHIROPRACTIC; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JOB DESCRIPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43749115535     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2007.0766     Document Type: Article

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