Trailblazing healthcare: Institutionalizing and integrating complementary medicine

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 434-438

  Sharf, Barbara F ^a   Geist Martin, Patricia ^b   Cosgriff Hernández, Kevin Khristián ^a   Moore, Julia ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementary medicine; Health care teams; Integrative medicine; Organizational communication; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATHY; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COOPERATION; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH EDUCATION; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL DELEGATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REIMBURSEMENT;

ADULT; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HUMANS; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84870292322     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2012.03.006     Document Type: Article

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