The subjectively perceived quality of postgraduate medical training in integrative medicine within the public healthcare systems of Germany and Switzerland: The example of anthroposophic hospitals

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Heusser, Peter ^a   Eberhard, Sabine ^a   Berger, Bettina ^a   Weinzirl, Johannes ^a   Orlow, Pascale ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anthroposophic medicine; Evaluation; Integrative medicine; Postgraduate medical training; Problems; Quality; Residency training

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ALLOPATHY; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVALUATION STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GERMANY; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LEADERSHIP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OBSTETRICS; PARTTIME EMPLOYMENT; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PSYCHOSOMATICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SWITZERLAND; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ANTHROPOSOPHY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84903160071     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-14-191     Document Type: Article

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