Effectiveness gaps: A new concept for evaluating health service and research needs applied to complementary and alternative medicine

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 627-632

  Fisher, Peter ^a   Van Haselen, Robbert ^a   Hardy, Kate ^a   Berkovitz, Saul ^a   McCarney, Rob ^a  

^a UCL Hospitals NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHRONIC PAIN; COST; DEPRESSION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTERVIEW; IRRITABLE COLON; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINITIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 4444319262     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2004.10.627     Document Type: Article

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