Challenges of Systematic Reviewing Integrative Health Care

Integrative Medicine Insights

Volumn 2012, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 19-28

  Coulter, Ian D ^a,b,c   Khorsan, Raheleh ^d,e   Crawford, Cindy ^f   Hsiao, An Fu ^e,g  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d Samueli Institute   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f SAMUELI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Complementary; Integrative health care; Integrative medicine; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AYURVEDA; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DIET; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; HUMOR; IMAGERY; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; LYMPHEDEMA; MEDITATION; ORTHOPEDIC MANIPULATION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RADIUM THERAPY; RELAXATION TRAINING; RELIGION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRESS MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); THERAPY EFFECT; YOGA;

EID: 84879928297     PISSN: 11773936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4137/IMI.S11570     Document Type: Review

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