Patients' experiences and expectations of chiropractic care: A national cross-sectional survey

Chiropractic and Manual Therapies

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  MacPherson, Hugh ^a   Newbronner, Elizabeth ^a   Chamberlain, Ruth ^b   Hopton, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b Firefly Research and Evaluation   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benefit; Chiropractic; Fitness to practice; Patients' expectations; Patients' experiences; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHIROPRACTIC; CHIROPRACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXPECTATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT MOBILITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW;

EID: 84989360944     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2045709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12998-014-0049-0     Document Type: Article

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