Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) providers' views of chronic low back pain patients' expectations of CAM therapies: A qualitative study

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Schafer, Lisa M ^a   Hsu, Clarissa ^a   Eaves, Emery R ^b   Ritenbaugh, Cheryl ^b   Turner, Judith ^c   Cherkin, Daniel C ^a   Sims, Colette ^b   Sherman, Karen J ^a  

^a GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Alternative medicine; Chiropractic; Complementary medicine; Expectations; Massage; Providers; Qualitative research; Yoga

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACUPUNCTURE; CHIROPRACTIC; CLINICAL PRACTICE; MASSAGE; PROCEDURES; YOGA;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; CHIROPRACTIC; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MASSAGE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOGA;

EID: 84869870955     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-12-234     Document Type: Article

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