Increasing health-care options: The perspectives of parents who use complementary and alternative medicines

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 296-300

  O'Keefe, Maree ^a   Coat, Suzette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

child health; complementary and alternative medicine; doctor patient communication

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE CONCEPTS; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77953867605     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2010.01711.x     Document Type: Article

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