Attitudes of Arab and Jewish patients toward integration of complementary medicine in primary care clinics in Israel: A cross-cultural study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 177-182

  Ben Arye, Eran ^a,b   Karkabi, Khaled ^a,b   Karkabi, Sonia ^a,b   Keshet, Yael ^c,d   Haddad, Maria ^e   Frenkel, Moshe ^a,b,f  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^e Medicollege   (Israel)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arab patients; Complementary alternative medicine (CAM); Cross cultural medicine; Doctor patient communication; Family medicine; Integrative medicine; Israel; Jewish patients; Primary care

Indexed keywords

DISEASE; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICINE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRISTIAN; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MOSLEM; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADULT; ARABS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 57649173549     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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