Integration of complementary and alternative medicine in primary care: What do patients want?

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 417-422

  Jong, Miek C ^a,b,c   van de Vijver, Lucy ^a   Busch, Martine ^d   Fritsma, Jolanda ^e   Seldenrijk, Ruth ^f  

^a LOUIS BOLK INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c National Information and Knowledge Centre for Integrative Medicine (NIKIM)   (Netherlands)

^d Van Praag Institute   (Netherlands)

^e Zorgbelang Groningen   (Netherlands)

^f Patiënten Platform Complementaire Gezondheidszorg ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Complementary and Alternative Medicine; Fibromyalgia; National survey; Osteoarthritis; Primary care; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870299897     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2012.08.013     Document Type: Article

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