Public health ethics for complementary and alternative medicine

European Journal of Integrative Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 62-67

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Center for Holistic Medicine mEDICUS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Access; Citizens; Complementary and alternative medicine; Europe; Information; Public health ethics; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOETHICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EID: 84876496440     PISSN: 18763820     EISSN: 18763839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eujim.2012.11.003     Document Type: Article

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