Anthroposophic health care - Different and home-like

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 357-366

  Arman, Maria ^a   Ranheim, Albertine ^b   Rehnsfeldt, Arne ^a,d   Wode, Kathrin ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anthroposophic health care; CAM; Caring culture; Good care; Integrative health care medicine; Qualitative method

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATIENT CARE; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOSOPHY; FEMALE; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 49749120043     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2007.00536.x     Document Type: Article

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