Use of complementary and alternative medicine by patients admitted to a surgical unit in Scotland

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 571-576

  Shakeel, Muhammad ^a   Bruce, Julie ^a   Jehan, Shah ^a   McAdam, Timothy K ^a   Bruce, Duff M ^a  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Audit; Complementary medicine; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ALOE VERA EXTRACT; CHINESE DRUG; COD LIVER OIL; CRANBERRY EXTRACT; ECHINACEA EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; GLUCOSAMINE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; MELATONIN; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PRIMROSE OIL; SENNA EXTRACT; SOYBEAN OIL; VALERIAN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AROMATHERAPY; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BACH; BONE PAIN; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHIROPRACTIC; COMFREY; COMMON COLD; CONSTIPATION; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DOWSING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FLOWER; HOMEOPATHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; HYPNOSIS; KINESIOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MASSAGE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEDITATION; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFLEXOLOGY; REIKI; SHIATSU; SPIRITUAL HEALING; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL WARD; UNITED KINGDOM; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; YOGA;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; SCOTLAND; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 55049117206     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588408X301046     Document Type: Article

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