The geography of naturopathic physicians in the United States
Subtitle: a rising profession
By: Donald P. Albert and Ferry Butar Butar.
Contributors: Butar, Ferry Butar.
Series: Mellen studies in geography -- v. 14
Publisher: The Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Lewiston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 100
Subjects: Naturopathy -- United States -- Statistics; Complementary Therapies -- legislation & jurisprudence -- United States -- Statistics; Geography -- United States -- Statistics; Licensure -- United States -- Statistics; Physicians -- statistics & numerical data -- United States
Genres: Statistics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [93]-98) and index.
Table of contents: title: What is naturopathic medicine and who are NDs?; title: Diffusion of naturopathic licensing; title: Distribution, concentration, and health care implications of naturopathic physicians in the United States; title: Using telephone, association, and license directories to examine the distribution of NDs; title: Downward hierarchical diffusion of naturopathic physicians in Oregon from 2000 to 2004; title: Factoring NDs into the HPSA equation : a policy consideration; title: Estimating the de-designation of single-county HPSAs; title: Geography of naturopathy in the United States : current status and future prospects.