Open AccessUnconventional therapy use among asthma patients in a tertiary care center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
Mohamed S Al Moamary
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
annals of thoracic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.639
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1817-1737
pISSN - 1998-3557
DOI - 10.4103/1817-1737.39636
Subject(s) - medicine , asthma , tertiary care , modalities , family medicine , pediatrics , disease control , treatment modality , cross sectional study , disease , physical therapy , surgery , virology , social science , pathology , sociology
Unconventional therapy (UT) is a therapeutic practice of alternative and complementary medicine that is not currently considered an integral part of modern medical practice. The aim of this article is to investigate the experience of Saudi patients with UT modalities in the treatment of asthma.