Complementary therapy use by cancer patients. Physicians' perceptions, attitudes, and ideas

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 50, Issue JUNE, 2004, Pages 882-888

  O'Beirne, Maeve ^a   Verhoef, Marja ^b   Paluck, Elan ^b   Herbert, Carol ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PILOT STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; ALBERTA; ANECDOTES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 3042667203     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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