Complementary and alternative medicine use among older Australian women - a qualitative analysis

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  McLaughlin, Deirdre ^a   Lui, Chi Wai ^a   Adams, Jon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

CAM use; Rural; Urban; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERVIEW; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; URBAN AREA; WOMEN'S HEALTH; AGE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFORMATION SEEKING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84859194041     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-12-34     Document Type: Article

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