Clinical trials of meditation practices in health care: Characteristics and quality

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1199-1213

  Ospina, Maria B ^a   Bond, Kenneth ^a   Karkhaneh, Mohammad ^a   Buscemi, Nina ^a   Dryden, Donna M ^a   Barnes, Vernon ^b   Carlson, Linda E ^c   Dusek, Jeffery A ^d   Shannahoff Khalsa, David ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDITATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TAI CHI; YOGA;

BREATHING EXERCISES; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MEDITATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN; TAI JI; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOGA;

EID: 58149239927     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2008.0307     Document Type: Article

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