'Becoming accepted': The complementary and alternative medicine practitioners' response to the uptake and practice of traditional medicine therapies by the mainstream health sector

Health

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 415-433

  Wiese, Marlene ^a   Oster, Candice ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine; Grounded theory; Profession and professionalization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MASS COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77954308216     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: 14617196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363459309359718     Document Type: Article

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