Acupuncture as a complex intervention: A holistic model

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 791-801

  Paterson, Charlotte ^a   Britten, Nicky ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; ENERGY; EXPERIENCE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALING; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PHILOSOPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REINFORCEMENT; SKILL; SUBFERTILITY; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEADACHE; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE;

EID: 8644269005     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2004.10.791     Document Type: Article

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