Understanding the motivation for conventional and complementary/alternative medicine use among men with prostate cancer

Integrative Cancer Therapies

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 187-194

  Singh, Harvir ^a   Maskarinec, Gertraud ^a   Shumay, Dianne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Complementary and alternative medicine; Decision making; Prostate; Qualitative analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MINERAL; MORINDA CITRIFOLIA EXTRACT; MULTIVITAMIN; NATURAL PRODUCT; PLANT EXTRACT; SABAL EXTRACT; SELENIUM; VITAMIN; ZINC;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CARTILAGE; CAUCASIAN; CHELATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; DRUG EFFICACY; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; IMAGERY; IMPOTENCE; INCONTINENCE; INTERVIEW; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MASSAGE; MEDITATION; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELAXATION TRAINING; SHARK; SOYBEAN; TEA; UNITED STATES;

AGED; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HAWAII; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE;

EID: 19444364140     PISSN: 15347354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534735405276358     Document Type: Article

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