Discrepancy between patients' use of and health providers' familiarity with CAM

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 399-404

  Zhang, Yan ^a,b   Peck, Kim ^a   Spalding, Mary ^c   Jones, Betsy G ^a,b   Cook, Ronald L ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Laura W Bush Institute for Women's Health   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine use; Provider patient communication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CITIZENSHIP; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TEXAS;

EID: 84870302998     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2012.02.014     Document Type: Article

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