Patient satisfaction and side effects in primary care: An observational study comparing homeopathy and conventional medicine

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Marian, Florica ^a   Joost, Kerstin ^a   Saini, Krishan D ^a   Von Ammon, Klaus ^a   Thurneysen, André ^a   Busato, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWITZERLAND; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG TOXICITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG TOXICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 53549125270     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-8-52     Document Type: Article

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