Toward an understanding of decision making on complementary and alternative medicine use in poorer countries: The case of cancer care in Pakistan

Integrative Cancer Therapies

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 236-241

  Tovey, Philip ^a   Chatwin, John ^a   Ahmad, Salma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CAM; Cancer; Pakistan; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOME CARE; INTEGRATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PAKISTAN; PATIENT CARE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SOCIETY; SOCIOLOGY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; NEOPLASMS; PAKISTAN; POVERTY;

EID: 23844488433     PISSN: 15347354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534735405278641     Document Type: Article

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