Decision making related to complementary therapies: A process of regaining control

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 131-142

  Truant, Tracy ^a   Bottorff, Joan L ^b  

^a Regional Nurse Leader   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Complementary therapies; Control; Decision making; Hope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNCERTAINTY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MIDDLE AGED; MORALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNCERTAINTY; WOMEN;

EID: 0032842214     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(99)00060-9     Document Type: Article

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