Interactive guided imagerySM therapy with medical patients: Predictors of health outcomes

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-83

  Scherwitz, Larry W ^a   McHenry, Pamela ^a   Herrero, Rebecca ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEALING; HUMAN; IMAGERY; INTERACTIVE GUIDED IMAGERY THERAPY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CALIFORNIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 14744276019     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2005.11.69     Document Type: Article

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