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Referral to and attitude towards traditional Chinese medicine amongst western medical doctors in postcolonial Hong Kong

Chung, Vincent C.H.; Hillier, Sheila; Lau, Chun Hong; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 72 (2011) 2, pp. 247-255

Recognizing the international trend for patients to choose both allopathic western medicine (WM) and traditional, complementary and alternative medicine (TCAM), the World Health Organization has called for stronger collaboration between WM doctors (WMD) and TCAM practitioners. This resonates...

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Public and private healthcare services utilization by non-institutional elderly in Hong Kong: Is the inverse care law operating?

Yam, Ho-Kwan; Mercer, Stewart W.; Wong, Lai-Yi; Chan, … - In: Health Policy 91 (2009) 3, pp. 229-238

Objectives To assess the factors associated with healthcare services utilization by the non-institutional elderly across five types of service utilization (Western medicine doctors in Government clinics, private Western medicine doctors, Chinese medicine practitioners, Emergency Units, and...

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Perceived quality of communication amongst outpatients in western and traditional Chinese medicine clinics in a Chinese population

Chung, Vincent Chi Ho; Lau, Chun Hong; Wong, Eric Ming Chung - In: Health Policy 90 (2009) 1, pp. 66-72

Objective This study investigates differences in perceived communication by patients of the quality of outpatient episodes in an urban Chinese population.Methods A representative, population based survey was conducted in Hong Kong, China. A random sample of respondents aged 15 years who had...

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