Complementary medicine in the primary care setting: Results of a survey of gender and cultural patterns in Israel

Gender Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 384-397

  Ben Arye, Eran ^a,b   Karkabi, Sonia ^a,b   Shapira, Chen ^c   Schiff, Elad ^d,e   Lavie, Ofer ^c   Keshet, Yael ^f,g  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^c CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e Law and Ethics   (Israel)

^f WESTERN GALILEE COLLEGE   (Israel)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

complementary medicine; cross cultural medicine; doctor patient communication; gender; integrative medicine; primary care

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARAB; ARTICLE; CHIROPRACTIC; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SURVEY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDITATION; NURSING CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEXOLOGY; RELAXATION TRAINING; RELIGION; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; URBAN AREA; YOGA;

ADULT; AGED; ARABS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 68749106229     PISSN: 15508579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genm.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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