Patients' experiences and perceptions of a consultative model integrative medicine clinic: A qualitative study

Integrative Cancer Therapies

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 174-184

  Koithan, Mary ^a,d   Bell, Iris R ^a   Caspi, Opher ^b   Ferro, Lynn ^a,c   Brown, Victoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer patients; Consultative model; Integrative medicine; Integrative medicine clinic; Models of care; Outcomes; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF CARE; SKILL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34249913965     PISSN: 15347354     EISSN: 1552695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534735407301992     Document Type: Article

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