Supporting the transformative process: Experiences of cancer patients receiving integrative care

Integrative Cancer Therapies

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 230-237

  Mulkins, Andrea L ^a   Verhoef, Marja J ^b  

^a Tzu Chi Research Group   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Complementary therapies; Healing environment; Integrative health care; Transformation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VALIDATION PROCESS; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUAL THERAPIES;

EID: 4143073718     PISSN: 15347354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534735404268054     Document Type: Article

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