Aspects of quality of primary care provided by physicians certified in phytotherapy in Switzerland

Forschende Komplementarmedizin

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 82-88

  Melzer, Jörg ^a   Saller, Reinhard ^a   Meier, Beat ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cohort study; EUROPEP; Herbal medicine; PEK; Pharmacosemiotics; Phytotherapy; Primary care; SF 36

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SHORT FORM 36; SWITZERLAND;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44349168267     PISSN: 16614119     EISSN: 16614127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000122031     Document Type: Article

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