An international comparison of attitudes toward traditional and modern medicine in a chinese and an american clinic setting

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Burke, Adam ^a   Kuo, Tony ^b,c   Harvey, Rick ^a   Wang, Jun ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Department of Public Health Los Angeles County ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLOPATHY; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052692633     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nen065     Document Type: Article

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