Perceptions and attitudes of bhutanese people on Sowa Rigpa, traditional bhutanese medicine: A preliminary study from Thimphu

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Lhamo, Namgay ^a   Nebel, Sabine ^b  

^a ROYAL UNIVERSITY OF BHUTAN   (Bhutan)

^b Alte Landstrasse   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BHUTAN; CITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BHUTAN; CITIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650969184     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-7-3     Document Type: Article

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