Contemporary chiropractic practice in the UK: A field study of a chiropractor and his patients in a suburban chiropractic clinic

Chiropractic and Manual Therapies

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Hennius, Bjorn J ^a,b  

^a Parkwood Chiropractic Clinic   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHIROPRACTIC; CHIROPRACTIC PRACTICE; CHIROPRACTOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; FIELD STUDY; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 84881150964     PISSN: 2045709X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2045-709X-21-25     Document Type: Article

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