Referrals to chiropractors and osteopaths: A survey of general practitioners in rural and regional New South Wales, Australia

Chiropractic and Manual Therapies

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Wardle, Jon L ^a,b   Sibbritt, Davi W ^a,b   Adams, Jon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Network of Researchers in the Public Health of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NORPHCAM)   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chiropractic; General practice; Health services; Interdisciplinary care; Osteopathy; Primary care; Referral; Rural healthcare

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHIROPRACTOR; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA;

EID: 84875069760     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2045709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2045-709X-21-5     Document Type: Article

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