A survey of perceptions and practices of complementary alternative medicine among Canadian gastroenterologists

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 45-49

  Gallinger, Zane ^a   Bressler, Brian ^b   Devlin, Shane M ^c   Plamondon, Sophie ^d   Nguyen, Geoffrey C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

CAM; Complementary alternative medicine; Crohn disease; IBD; Inflammatory bowel disease; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGIST; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; LIKERT SCALE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SELF REPORT; UNCERTAINTY;

ADULT; CANADA; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROHN DISEASE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84904246206     PISSN: 22912789     EISSN: 22912797     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/632627     Document Type: Article

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