The use of complementary and alternative medicine by cancer patients

International Seminars in Surgical Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Adams, Mariama ^a   Jewell, Andrew Paul ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINESE DRUG; HERBACEOUS AGENT; NATURAL PRODUCT; RETINOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANXIETY; AROMATHERAPY; ART THERAPY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AYURVEDA; CANCER; CANCER SURGERY; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; DIET THERAPY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG MEGADOSE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LEISURE; MASSAGE; MEDITATION; META ANALYSIS; PAIN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFLEXOLOGY; REVIEW; SHIATSU; SLEEP PATTERN; SPIRITUAL HEALING; STRESS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEA; THYME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WELLBEING;

EID: 34249655538     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7800-4-10     Document Type: Review

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