Breast cancer patients' perspectives on and use of complementary and alternative medicine: A study by the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation

Journal of the Society for Integrative Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 157-169

  Astin, John A ^a   Reilly, Colleen ^b   Perkins, Cheryl ^c   Child, Wendy L ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Reilly Group Inc   (United States)

^c Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Found   (United States)

^d California Pacific Medical Center 2300 California ^*

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Complementary alternative medicine

Indexed keywords

MINERAL; VITAMIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CHIROPRACTIC; DECISION MAKING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; EXERCISE; FRUSTRATION; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; MASSAGE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SPIRITUAL HEALING; SUPPORT GROUP; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33845257324     PISSN: 1715894X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7200.2006.019     Document Type: Article

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