Relationship between patient satisfaction with medical doctors and the use of traditional Korean medicine in Korea

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kim, Dongsu ^a   Lim, Byungmook ^b   Kim, Changhee ^b  

^a Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM)   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anderson behavior model; Doctor satisfaction; Korea health panel; Traditional Korean medicine; Western medicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOPATHY; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KOREA; KOREAN MEDICINE; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; TRUST; WESTERN MEDICINE; AGED; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOUTH KOREA; TIME FACTOR; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, KOREAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84944394660     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12906-015-0879-x     Document Type: Article

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