Over-the-counter advice seeking about complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) in community pharmacies and health shops: An ethnographic study

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-50

  Cramer, Helen ^a   Shaw, Alison ^a   Wye, Lesley ^a   Weiss, Marjorie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advice seeking; Community pharmacy; Complementary and alternative medicine; Health shops

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACY; SELF MEDICATION;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SELF MEDICATION;

EID: 73149125530     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2009.00877.x     Document Type: Article

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