Surviving, relieving, repairing, and boosting up: Reasons for using complementary/alternative medicine among patients with advanced cancer: A thematic analysis

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 953-961

  Correa Velez, Ignacio ^a,b   Clavarino, Alexandra ^a   Eastwood, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DETOXIFICATION; FEMALE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEOPLASMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 27644548944     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2005.8.953     Document Type: Article

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