Musculoskeletal pain and treatment choice: An exploration of illness perceptions and choices of conventional or complementary therapies

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 32, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 1645-1657

  Brown, Melanie ^a   Dean, Sarah ^b   Hay Smith, E Jean C ^a   Taylor, William ^a   Baxter, G David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

complementary and alternative medicine; musculoskeletal; Pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BACKACHE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEW ZEALAND; PAIN; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BACK PAIN; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NEW ZEALAND; PAIN;

EID: 77956023469     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638281003649896     Document Type: Article

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