Physicians' attitudes towards the use of complementary therapies (CTs) by cancer patients in Finland

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 358-364

  Salmenpera L ^a   Suominen, T ^a,b   Vertio, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c Finnish Centre for Health Promotion   (Finland)

Author keywords

Complementary therapy; Physicians' attitudes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0348108342     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2354.2003.00440.x     Document Type: Article

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