Nursing students' willingness to use complementary and alternative therapies for cancer patients: Istanbul survey

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-61

  Öztekin, Deniz Seher ^a,c   Ucuzal, Meral ^a   Öztekin, Ilhan ^b   Işsever, Halim ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Hospital   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alternative; Complementary; Nursing; Student; Therapies

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AROMATHERAPY; ART THERAPY; ARTICLE; BREATHING EXERCISE; CANCER PATIENT; COLOR THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; DIET THERAPY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GUIDED IMAGERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; HYPNOSIS; MAGNETOTHERAPY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MASSAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDITATION; MUSIC THERAPY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PET THERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFLEXOLOGY; REIKI; RELAXATION TRAINING; SELF CARE; SPEECH THERAPY; SPIRITUAL HEALING; STORYTELLING; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TUI NA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); YOGA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BREATHING EXERCISES; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; EDUCATION, NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASSAGE; MIND-BODY AND RELAXATION TECHNIQUES; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS; MUSIC THERAPY; NEOPLASMS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NUTRITION THERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; STUDENTS, NURSING; TURKEY;

EID: 33846038195     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.211.49     Document Type: Article

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