The use of complementary and alternative therapies by cancer patients in Northern Israel

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 243-247

  Geva, Hana ^a,c   Bar Sela, Gil ^a,c   Dashkowsky, Zhana ^a,c   Mashiach, Tania ^a,c   Robinson, Eliezer ^b  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Israel Lung Association   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cancer patients; Complementary alternative medicine; Demographic characteristics; Unconventional therapies

Indexed keywords

ALOE VERA EXTRACT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL FACTOR; CHINESE DRUG; ECHINACEA EXTRACT; FISH OIL; GINSENG EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HOMEOPATHIC AGENT; NATURAL PRODUCT; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; PROPOLIS; SELENIUM; UBIDECARENONE; VISCUM ALBUM EXTRACT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BOTANY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; DETOXIFICATION; DIET THERAPY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; FLOWER; GINSENG; HOMEOPATHY; HONEY; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMPLANT; ISRAEL; MACROBIOTIC DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MEDITATION; MUSHROOM; PHILOSOPHY; PHYTOTHERAPY; RELIGION; SEAWEED; SIDE EFFECT; SOYBEAN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VEGETABLE; YOGA;

ADULT; AGED; ARABS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 17244376813     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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