If you build it, will they come? A free-care acupuncture clinic for minority adolescents in an urban hospital

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 629-636

  Highfield, Ellen Silver ^a   Barnes, Linda ^a   Spellman, Lisa ^b   Saper, Robert B ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL SUPERVISION; CONSULTATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; OFFICE VISITS;

EID: 49249107289     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2008.0021     Document Type: Article

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