Integrating CAM and biomedicine in primary care settings: Physicians' perspectives on boundaries and boundary work

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1317-1329

  Shuval, Judith T ^a   Gross, Revital ^b   Ashkenazi, Yael ^c   Schachter, Leora ^d  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c MYERS JDC BROOKDALE INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^d MACCABI HEALTHCARE SERVICES   (Israel)

Author keywords

alternative and complementary medicine; boundaries; health care, primary; relationships, patient provider; sociology

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; ISRAEL; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; ISRAEL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84865613714     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732312450326     Document Type: Article

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