Patient assessment of effectiveness and satisfaction with traditional medicine, globalized complementary and alternative medicines, and allopathic medicines for cancer in Pakistan

Integrative Cancer Therapies

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 242-248

  Tovey, Philip ^a   Broom, Alex ^a   Chatwin, John ^a   Hafeez, Muhammad ^b   Ahmad, Salma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cancer; Complementary medicine; Pakistan; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GLOBAL CHANGE; HEALING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LIFE SATISFACTION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAKISTAN; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TASTE PREFERENCE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; NEOPLASMS; PAKISTAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 23844503595     PISSN: 15347354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534735405279600     Document Type: Article

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