Proposal for an integrated evaluation model for the study of whole systems health care in cancer

Integrative Cancer Therapies

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 315-319

  Jonas, Wayne B ^a   Beckner, William ^a   Coulter, Ian ^b  

^a SAMUELI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Samueli Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Complementary medicine; Healing model; Integrative medicine; Social management of science

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER THERAPY; DATA ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM;

EID: 33750859978     PISSN: 15347354     EISSN: 1552695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534735406295565     Document Type: Article

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