Rethinking the evidence imperative: Why patients choose complementary and alternative medicine

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 181-182

  Carboon, Isla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CANCER PATIENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH BELIEF; NOTE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BELIEF; SUPERSTITION;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 38849129933     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: 10292403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10428190701809198     Document Type: Note

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