The use of complementary/alternative medicine by cancer patients in a New Zealand regional cancer treatment centre

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 1168, 2003, Pages

  Chrystal, Kathryn ^a   Allan, Simon G ^b   Forgeson, Garry ^b   Isaacs, Richard ^b  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PALMERSTON NORTH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HORMONE; VITAMIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BIOMAGNETISM; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HODGKIN DISEASE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; NEW ZEALAND; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OUTPATIENT; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTATE CANCER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELAXATION TRAINING; SAFETY; SELF REPORT; ABORIGINE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; ECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0037462673     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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