Practitioners of Western herbal medicine and their practice in the UK: Beginning to sketch the profession

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 181-186

  Nissen, Nina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b National Institute of Medical Herbalists   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine practitioners; Complementary and alternative medicine users; Gender; Western herbal medicine; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 77957315578     PISSN: 17443881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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