Profile of minority and under-served patients using acupuncture

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 70-72

  Highfield, Ellen Silver ^a   Spellman, Lisa ^a,b   Barnes, Linda L ^a   Kaptchuk, Ted J ^d   Paradis, Gabrielle ^c   Conboy, Lisa Ann ^b,d   Saper, Robert ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Hospital based acupuncture clinic; Minority; Patient satisfaction; Underserved

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASTHMA; CAUCASIAN; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED; MINORITY GROUP; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NAUSEA; NEGRO; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; URBAN AREA;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84856533774     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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