Praying correlates with higher quality of life: Results from a survey on complementary/alternative medicine use among a group of Brazilian cancer patients

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 60-63

  Sueco Tibana Samano, Eliana ^a   Tascher Goldenstein, Patricia ^a   de Melo Ribeiro, Lia ^a   Lewin, Fabio ^a   Santiago Valesin Filho, Edgar ^a   Prado Soares, Heloisa ^a   del Giglio, Auro ^a,b  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DO ABC   (Brazil)

^b Faculdade de Medicina do ABC ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Cancer; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIGION; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 2942632905     PISSN: 15163180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-31802004000200005     Document Type: Article

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