The Red flag! risk assessment among medical homeopaths in Norway: A qualitative study

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Stub, Trine ^a   Alræk, Terje ^a   Salamonsen, Anita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Conventional medicine; Homeopathic aggravations; Homeopathy; Medical homeopaths; Patient safety; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATHY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORWAY; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; WELLBEING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84865960606     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-12-150     Document Type: Article

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