Prevalence of use of complementary and alternative medicine (cam) by physicians in the UK: A systematic review of surveys

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 505-512

  Posadzki, Paul ^a   Alotaibi, Amani ^a   Ernst, Edzard ^a  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine; Survey; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CHIROPRACTIC; DATA BASE; DRUG USE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; LEISURE; MEDICAL ETHICS; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 84873903421     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.12-6-505     Document Type: Review

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