Use of complementary and alternative medicine by patients with arthritis

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 1129-1138

  Ünsal, Ayla ^a   Gözüm, Sebahat ^b  

^a AHI EVRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Complementary and alternative medicine; Efficacy; Nursing; Patients; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BALNEOTHERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMAN; MALE; MASSAGE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYTOTHERAPY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ARTHRITIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BALNEOLOGY; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CRYOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYTOTHERAPY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 77955963049     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.03111.x     Document Type: Article

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