Use of alternative treatment in pediatric oncology

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 282-288

  Grootenhuis, Martha A ^a   Last, Bob F ^b   De Graaf Nijkerk, Johanna H ^b   Van Der Wel, Monique ^b  

^a EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alternative treatment; Childhood cancer; Coping; Support

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0031880934     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-199808000-00010     Document Type: Article

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