Attitude toward alternative therapy, compliance with standard treatment, and need for emotional support in patients with melanoma

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 316-321

  Söllner, Wolfgang ^a   Zingg Schir, Martina ^a   Rumpold, Gerhard ^a   Fritsch, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 1842299283     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.133.3.316     Document Type: Article

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