Complementary and alternative medicine modality use and beliefs among African American prostate cancer survivors

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 359-364

  Jones, Randy A ^a   Taylor, Ann Gill ^a   Bourguignon, Cheryl ^a   Steeves, Richard ^a   Fraser, Gertrude ^b   Lippert, Marguerite ^c   Theodorescu, Dan ^c   Mathews, Holly ^d   Kilbridge, Kerry Laing ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE TUMOR; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; SURVIVOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SPIRITUALITY; SURVIVORS;

EID: 34548427768     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/07.ONF.359-364     Document Type: Article

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