Inpatient's use, understanding, and attitudes towards traditional, complementary and alternative therapies at a provincial New Zealand hospital

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 1278, 2008, Pages 21-34

  Evans, Amanda ^a   Duncan, Bruce ^b   McHugh, Patrick ^a   Shaw, John ^c   Wilson, Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Gisborne Hospital ^*

^c Tairawhiti Complementary and Traditional Therapies Research Trust   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; VITAMIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AROMATHERAPY; ARTICLE; CHIROPRACTIC; COLOR THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; DIET THERAPY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FLOWER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; IMAGERY; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; IRIDOLOGY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEW ZEALAND; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFLEXOLOGY; RELAXATION TRAINING; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SPIRITUAL HEALING; STANDARDIZATION; TEAMWORK; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; YOGA; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 49849101267     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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