Complementary therapies: The American experience

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 16-23

  Cassileth, Barrie R ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Cancer patients' use of complementary therapies; Complementary medicine; Integrative medicine

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033977895     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005209900036     Document Type: Review

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