Usage of alternative medical systems, acupuncture, homeopathy and anthroposophic medicine, by older German adults

Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 847-856

  Büssing, Arndt ^a   Ostermann, Thomas ^a   Heusser, Peter ^a   Matthiessen, Peter F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acupucture therapy; Aged; Complementary therapies; Germany; Homeopathy; Marketing of health services; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AYURVEDA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHIROPRACTIC; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSULTATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET THERAPY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOVEMENT THERAPY; NEOPLASM; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFLEXOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHIROPRACTIC; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; MALE; MASSAGE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYTOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 80051733350     PISSN: 16721977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3736/jcim20110806     Document Type: Article

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