Engaging with complementary and alternative medicine in general practice

Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-34

  Upsdell, Marion ^a   Jaye, Chrystal ^b  

^a General Practitioner   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine; Family practice; Patient centered medicine

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79957939279     PISSN: 11726164     EISSN: 11726156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/hc11029     Document Type: Article

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