A qualitative study on the term CAM: Is there a need to reinvent the wheel?

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Gaboury, Isabelle ^a,b,c   April, Karine T ^d   Verhoef, Marja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Definition; Focus group; Integrative healthcare; International experts; Term

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTEGRATIVE HEALTHCARE; LETTER; MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

COMMUNICATION; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CONSENSUS; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84865086656     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-12-131     Document Type: Letter

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