Complementary and alternative medicine use in pediatric oncology patients in eastern Turkey

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 38-44

  Gözüm, Sebahat ^a   Arikan, Duygu ^a   Büyükavci, Mustafa ^a  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cancer; Children; Complementary and alternative treatments; Herbal medicines; Hopelessness

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URTICA DIOICA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICINE, HERBAL; NEOPLASMS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS; TURKEY;

EID: 33846458677     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200701000-00007     Document Type: Article

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