Patient perspectives: Barriers to complementary and alternative medicine therapies create problems for patients and survivors

Integrative Cancer Therapies

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 297-300

  Fonfa, Ann E ^a  

^a Annie Appleseed Project   (United States)

Author keywords

Active constituents; Antioxidants; Exercise; Reductionism; Whole systems research

Indexed keywords

COLORING AGENT; FAT; FLAVORING AGENT; FOOD ADDITIVE; FRUCTOSE; SODIUM CARBONATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUGAR;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CORN; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBESITY; PATENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POLLUTANT; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANIMALS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION; SURVIVORS;

EID: 34548129242     PISSN: 15347354     EISSN: 1552695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534735407306598     Document Type: Review

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