Consultations with complementary and alternative medicine practitioners by older Australians: Results from a national survey

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Yen, Laurann ^a   Jowsey, Tanisha ^a   McRae, Ian S ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Complementary; Health practitioner; Older; Self manage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANXIETY; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OSTEOPOROSIS; SOCIAL STATUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENTS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 84875536299     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-13-73     Document Type: Article

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