Toward a sociological understanding of complementary and alternative medicine use

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 777-783

  Stratton, Terry D ^a   McGivern Snofsky, Jennifer L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; COMPREHENSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF CARE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOLOGY;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 49249100956     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2007.7006     Document Type: Review

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