Barriers to patient referral for Complementary and Alternative Medicines and its implications on interventions

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 135-142

  Wong, Lai Yin ^a   Toh, Matthias Paul Han Sim ^a,b   Kong, Keng He ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL HEALTHCARE GROUP   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL HEALTHCARE GROUP POLYCLINICS   (Singapore)

^c TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d Complementary Integrative Medicine Clinic ^*  (Singapore)

Author keywords

Barriers; Complementary and Alternative Medicines; Implications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REGISTERED NURSE; SINGAPORE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955323222     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2010.05.034     Document Type: Article

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