Evidence-based complementary medicine for palliative cancer care: Does it make sense?

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 704-707

  Ernst, Edzard ^a,b   Filshie, J ^c   Hardy, Janet ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Complementary alternative medicine; Methodology; Palliative care; Quality of Life; Research

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CLINICAL STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIET THERAPY; ENZYME THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; MASSAGE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELAXATION TRAINING; RELIGION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLINICAL TRIALS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0345530953     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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