Integrative medicine at academic health centers: A survey of clinicians' educational backgrounds and practices

Family Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 330-334

  Ehrlich, Gillian ^a   Callender, Travis ^a   Gaster, Barak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIDDLE AGED; TEACHING; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ARTICLE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877728387     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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