Supportive but "worried": Perceptions of naturopaths, homeopaths and Chinese medicine practitioners through a regulatory transition in Ontario, Canada

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ijaz, Nadine ^a   Boon, Heather ^a   Welsh, Sandy ^a   Meads, Allison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Traditional complementary and alternative medicine regulation health practitioner professions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHINESE MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; REGISTRATION; STANDARD; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84940981832     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12906-015-0846-6     Document Type: Article

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