Complementary and alternative medicine: Attitudes and patterns of use by German physicians in a national survey

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1255-1261

  Stange, Rainer ^a   Amhof, Robert ^b   Moebus, Susanne ^c  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b BERTELSMANN STIFTUNG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; DIETARY INTAKE; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMEOPATHY; MASSAGE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TRAINING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 58149236745     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2008.0306     Document Type: Article

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