Teaching complementary medicine at an academic oncology department

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-50

  Ben Arye, Eran ^a,b   Frenkel, Moshe ^a,b,c   Bar Sela, Gil ^a   Margalit, Ruth Stashefsky ^d   Hermoni, Doron ^a,b   Kuten, Abraham ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; COURSE CONTENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; ONCOLOGY WARD; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHILOSOPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FACULTY, MEDICAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 41349111902     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08858190701821261     Document Type: Conference Paper

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