Titre :
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Doctors'attitudes to acupuncture : A Norwegian study. (1998)
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Auteurs :
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A.J. NORHEIM ;
V. FONNEBO
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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Social science and medicine (vol. 47, n° 4, 1998)
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Pagination :
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519-523
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Médecin
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Profession santé
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Homme
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Attitude
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Acupuncture
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Médecine alternative
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Norvège
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Europe
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Enquête
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST GhR0xA7V. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. 1466 Norwegian working doctors under 71 y of age were surveyed in February 1994 on their attitudes to acupuncture and experience as acupuncture patients. 1135 doctors responded (response rate : 77%). More than 8% had undergone acupuncture treatment and 38% of these reported benefit from the treatment. Over 53% would realistically consider acupuncture if they got problems or diseases where acupuncture treatment could be an alternative. More than 38% recommend acupuncture treatment to their migraine patients. More than four out of five doctors would not try to interfere with a patient's wish to try acupuncture treatment for cancer. 81% said that acupuncture is, or should be integrated in the national health care system. More general practitioners held this view than other doctors (p
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