The role of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in Germany - A focus group study of GPs

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Joos, Stefanie ^a   Musselmann, Berthold ^a,b   Miksch, Antje ^a   Rosemann, Thomas ^a   Szecsenyi, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FOCUS GROUPS; GERMANY; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 46149093209     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-127     Document Type: Article

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