What's in a name: Integrative medicine or simply good medical practice?

Family Practice

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 655-660

  Rayner, Jo Anne ^a   Willis, Karen ^b   Pirotta, Marie ^c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complementary medicine; General practice; Integrative medicine

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATHY; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; WELLBEING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 81855183805     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmr032     Document Type: Article

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