Can we rapidly identify traditional, complementary and alternative medicine users in the primary care encounter? A RIOS net study

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 64-70

  Sussman, Andrew L ^a   Williams, Robert L ^a   Shelley, Brian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Complementary medicine; Ethnic groups

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL STAFF; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951632219     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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