What attitudes and needs do citizens in Europe have in relation to complementary and alternative medicine?

Forschende Komplementarmedizin

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL 2, 2012, Pages 9-17

  Nissen, Nina ^a   Schunder Tatzber, Susanne ^b   Weidenhammer, Wolfgang ^c   Johannessen, Helle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Vienna International Academy for Integrative Medicine   (Austria)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Attitudes; Complementary and Alternative Medicine; Information; Literature review; Needs; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EUROPE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; TRENDS; UTILIZATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW; REVIEW;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EUROPE; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 84876495274     PISSN: 16614119     EISSN: 16614127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000342710     Document Type: Review

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