Use of and attitudes held towards unconventional medicine by patients in a department of internal medicine / oncology and haematology

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 314-322

  Kappauf, Herbert ^a   Leykauf Ammon, Dora ^a   Bruntsch, Uta ^a   Horneber, Markus ^a   Kaiser, Gerwin ^a   Büschel, Gerd ^a   Gallmeier, Walter Michael ^a  

^a KLINIKUM NÜRNBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer treatment; Coping; Subjective theories; Unconventional medicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; COPING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 0033921314     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005209900111     Document Type: Article

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