Treat or treatment: A qualitative study analyzing patients' use of complementary and alternative medicine

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1700-1705

  Bishop, Felicity L ^a   Yardley, Lucy ^a   Lewith, George T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CLASSIFICATION; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 51549093181     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.110072     Document Type: Article

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