Women's perceptions and beliefs about the use of complementary and alternative medicines during menopause

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 163-168

  Gollschewski, Sara ^a   Kitto, Simon ^b   Anderson, Debra ^a   Lyons Wall, Philippa ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicines; Control; Focus groups; Menopause

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENOPAUSE; SAFETY; SYMPTOM; TELEPHONE;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 44449178257     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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