Individualised medicine from the perspectives of patients using complementary therapies: A meta-ethnography approach

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Franzel, Brigitte ^a   Schwiegershausen, Martina ^a   Heusser, Peter ^a   Berger, Bettina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

CAM; Individualised medicine; Meta ethnography; Person centred medicine; Personalised medicine; Qualitative studies

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ETHNOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; PATIENTS;

EID: 84878344986     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-13-124     Document Type: Article

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