Disclosure of complementary and alternative medicine to conventional medical providers: Variation by race/ethnicity and type of CAM

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1341-1349

  Chao, Maria ^a,b   Wade, Christine ^a   Kronenberg, Fredi ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Communication; Complementary and alternative medicine; Quality of care; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AYURVEDA; CHELATION THERAPY; CHIROPRACTIC; DIET; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNICITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HISPANIC; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MASSAGE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; SELF CARE; TAI CHI; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; YOGA;

EID: 57149091756     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-9684(15)31514-5     Document Type: Article

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