The process of whole person healing: "Unstuckness" and beyond

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 659-668

  Koithan, Mary ^a   Verhoef, Marja ^b   Bell, Iris R ^a   White, Margaret ^b   Mulkins, Andrea ^c   Ritenbaugh, Cheryl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Tzu Chi Research Group   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CANADA; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548453041     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2007.7090     Document Type: Article

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