Complementary and alternative medicine use in patients with haematological malignancies in Europe

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 105-110

  Molassiotis, Alexander ^a   Margulies, Anita ^b   Fernandez Ortega, Paz ^c   Pud, Dorit ^d   Panteli, Vassiliki ^e   Bruyns, Ingrid ^f   Scott, Julia A ^g   Gudmundsdottir, Gudbjorg ^h   Browall, Maria ⁱ   Madsen, Elin ^j   Ozden, Gulten ^k   Magri, Miriam ^l   Selvekerova, Sarka ^m   Platin, Nurgun ⁿ   Kearney, Nora ^g   Patiraki, Elisabeth ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^e Greek Oncology Nursing Society   (Greece)

^f Belgian Society of Oncology Nursing   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^h Landspitali ^*  (Iceland)

ⁱ SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^j AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^k GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^m MASARYK MEMORIAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

ⁿ KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Complementary medicine; Complementary therapies; Haematologic cancers; Leukaemia; Lymphoma; Myeloma

Indexed keywords

MINERAL; MULTIVITAMIN; OXYGEN; UBIDECARENONE;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ART THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTIONALITY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MASSAGE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATIONS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 18244368462     PISSN: 17443881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2004.12.005     Document Type: Article

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