Familiarity breeds discontent: Senior hospital doctors' attitudes towards complementary/alternative medicine

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 212-219

  Fadlon, J ^a   Granek Catarivas, M ^a   Roziner, I ^a   Weingarten, M A ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Complementary medicine; Organization of healthcare; Physicians' attitudes

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HOSPITALISTS; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; ISRAEL; PHYSICIAN EXECUTIVES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 47049088818     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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