Complementary and alternative medicine: What the public want and how it may be delivered safely and effectively

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 411-414

  Lewith, George ^a   Robinson, Nicola ^b  

^a Primary Medical Care   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTHRITIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; PROSTATE CANCER; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SPIRITUAL HEALING;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FORECASTING; GREAT BRITAIN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; RESEARCH;

EID: 70349660246     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.2009.090123     Document Type: Review

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