Superstition but not distrust in the medical system predicts the use of complementary and alternative medicine in a group of patients with acute leukemia [1]

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 339-341

  Lourenco, Maria Teresa ^a   Walsh, Andrew ^a   Boon, Heather ^b   Al Khabouri, Murtadha ^a   Brandwein, Joseph ^a   Gupta, Vikas ^a   Schuh, Andre ^a   Yee, Karen ^a   Rodin, Gary ^a   Schimmer, Aaron D ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; GREEN TEA EXTRACT;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKEMIA RELAPSE; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BELIEF; TRUST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; SUPERSTITIONS;

EID: 38849103597     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: 10292403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10428190701742480     Document Type: Letter

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