Why Patients Choose Acupuncture or Qigong, and what they Expect from the Treatment;Warum Patientinnen und Patienten Akupunktur oder Qi Gong wählen, und was sie von der Behandlung erwarten

Deutsche Zeitschrift fur Akupunktur

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 18-23

  Klein, S D ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Complementary Medicine; Patient Expectations; Qigong; TCM

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCEPTION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QIGONG; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 74549133649     PISSN: 04156412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dza.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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