Complementary and alternative medicine therapies in pediatric oncology patients

Journal of the Society for Integrative Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 40-45

  McLean, Thomas W ^a   Kemper, Kathi J ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative; Children; Complementary; Integrative; Oncology; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BIOENERGY; BIOMECHANICS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LAW; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SPIRITUAL HEALING; CHILD; CONSUMER; NEOPLASM; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROBABILITY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHILD; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PROBABILITY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 33745946725     PISSN: 1715894X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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