The use of CAM and conventional treatments among primary care consulters with chronic musculoskeletal pain
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The use of CAM and conventional treatments among primary care consulters with chronic musculoskeletal pain
BACKGROUND Chronic musculoskeletal pain is the single most cited reason for use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Primary care is the most frequent conventional medical service used by patients with pain in the UK. We are unaware, however, of a direct evidence of the extent of CAM use by primary care patients, and how successful they perceive it to be. METHODS AIMS AND OBJEC...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Family Practice
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1471-2296
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-8-26