Use of alternative/complementary therapy in breast cancer patients - A psychological perspective

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 267-274

  Moschèn, Roland ^a   Kemmler, Georg ^a   Schweigkofler, Hansjörg ^a   Holzner, Bernhard ^a   Dünser, Martina ^a   Richter, Rainer ^b   Fleischhacker, Wolfgang W ^a   Sperner Unterweger, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alternative therapy; Breast cancer; Causal attribution; Coping; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; COPPER; ENZYME; MINERAL; RETINOL; SELENIUM; ZINC;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; NUTRITION; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISCUM ALBUM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034971123     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005200000208     Document Type: Article

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