title: Irritable bowel syndrome: are complementary and alternative medicine treatments useful?
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine and Community Health and Epidemiology, Queen's University, Family Medicine, 220 Bagot St, Kingston, ON K7L 5E9. birtwhis@queensu.ca
authors.forename: Richard V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Birtwhistle
mesh_terms: D000529:Complementary Therapies / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005194:Family Practice; D006801:Humans; D043183:Irritable Bowel Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011788:Quality of Life; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D018434:Sickness Impact Profile; D016896:Treatment Outcome