Exploring the practice and use of Western herbal medicine: Perspectives from the social science literature

Journal of Herbal Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 6-15

  Nissen, Nina ^a   Evans, Sue ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical practice; Knowledge base; Patient practitioner relationship; Patients; Practitioners; Western herbal medicine

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; AYURVEDA; CANADA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL HERBALIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HERBAL MEDICINE; HERBALIST; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL HERBALIST; PHYTOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN HERBAL MEDICINE; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 84859539356     PISSN: 22108033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hermed.2012.02.001     Document Type: Review

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