Is it ethical for medical practitioners to prescribe alternate and complementary treatments that may lack an evidence base? - Yes

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 78-

  Pirotta, Marie V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

EID: 79960586874     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03211.x     Document Type: Article

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