Consultations with complementary and alternative medicine practitioners amongst wider care options for back pain: A study of a nationally representative sample of 1,310 Australian women aged 60-65 years

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 253-262

  Murthy, Vijayendra ^a   Sibbritt, David ^a   Adams, Jon ^a   Broom, Alex ^b   Kirby, Emma ^b   Refshauge, Kathryn M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Back pain; Complementary and alternative medicine; Health care utilization; Women

Indexed keywords

AGED; AUSTRALIA; BACK PAIN; CHIROPRACTIC; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84893922391     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: 14349949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-013-2357-5     Document Type: Article

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