Spiritual and alternative cancer therapies: Strange theories, perhaps wrong, but useful

Breast Care

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 190-192

  Walach, H ^a,b  

^a Samueli Institute   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARE; CANCER THERAPY; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; EDITORIAL; FIBROMYALGIA; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRITUAL CARE; SPIRITUAL HEALING;

EID: 34548640328     PISSN: 16613791     EISSN: 16613805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000105165     Document Type: Editorial

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