Current status of cancer patients' perception of alternative medicine in Japan: A preliminary cross-sectional survey

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 28-32

  Eguchi, Kenji ^a   Hyodo, Ichinosuke ^a   Saeki, Hideyuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION SHIKOKU CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Cancer patients; Unproven therapy

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033952537     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005209900039     Document Type: Article

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