Toward a patient-centered approach: Incorporating principles of participatory action research into clinical studies

Integrative Cancer Therapies

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-24

  White, Margaret A ^a   Verhoef, Marja J ^b  

^a University of Calgary ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complementary medicine; Participatory research; Psychosocial oncology

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANCER THERAPY; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL TRIALS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RESEARCH;

EID: 13844303633     PISSN: 15347354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534735404273727     Document Type: Article

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