Complementary medicine courses in Swiss medical schools: Actual status and students' experiences

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 140, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 44-51

  Nicolao, Marie ^a   Täuber, Martin G ^a   Marian, Florica ^a   Heusser, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine; Medical education; Undergraduate medical curriculum

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TEACHER;

EID: 75749153666     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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