Developing a multi-modality complementary medicine practice-based research network: The PRACI project

Advances in Integrative Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 113-118

  Steel, Amie ^a,b   Adams, Jon ^a   Sibbritt, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Endeavour College of Natural Health (Brisbane)   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community based participatory research; Complementary therapies; Evidence based practice; Translational research

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURIST; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AUSTRALIA; AYURVEDA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETITIAN; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HUMAN; MASSAGE; NOTE; OCCUPATION; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCIENTIST; TEACHER; TRADITIONAL HEALER; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; WORKFORCE; YOGA;

EID: 84995776195     PISSN: 22129588     EISSN: 22129596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aimed.2014.11.003     Document Type: Note

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