Referral to and attitude towards traditional Chinese medicine amongst western medical doctors in postcolonial Hong Kong

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 247-255

  Chung, Vincent C H ^a   Hillier, Sheila ^b   Lau, Chun Hong ^a   Wong, Samuel Y S ^a   Yeoh, Eng Kiong ^a   Griffiths, Sian M ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitude of healthcare professionals; China; Hong Kong; Medical pluralism; Referral behaviour; Traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; HEALTH CARE; INHIBITION; MARGINALIZATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POLITICAL SYSTEM;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 78650870655     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.10.021     Document Type: Article

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