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Title:

On the edges of medicine - a qualitative study on the function of complementary, alternative, and non-specific therapies in handling therapeutically indeterminate situations.

Document type:
Article; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Author(s):
Ostermaier, Agnes; Barth, Niklas; Schneider, Antonius; Linde, Klaus
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: In routine practice, general practitioners (GPs) see many patients for whom treatment might not be necessary, or evidence-based treatments are not available, yet often a treatment is prescribed. We denote such situations as therapeutically indeterminate. We aimed to investigate 1) whether therapeutically indeterminate situations play a role in the accounts of GPs in their practical work; 2) the role of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) modalities or non-specific therapies...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
BMC Fam Pract
Year:
2019
Journal volume:
20
Journal issue:
1
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1186/s12875-019-0945-4
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31014266
Print-ISSN:
1471-2296
TUM Institution:
Lehrstuhl für Allgemeinmedizin (Prof. Schneider) (keine SAP-Zuordnung!)
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