Experts' opinions on terminology for complementary and integrative medicine - a qualitative study with leading experts

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Holmberg, Christine ^a   Brinkhaus, Benno ^a   Witt, Claudia ^a,b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine; Health care delivery system; Integrative medicine; Terminology

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; EXPERT SYSTEM; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; THINKING; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868706111     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-12-218     Document Type: Article

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