A hospital-based intervention using massage to reduce distress among oncology patients

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 214-221

  Currin, Jennifer ^a   Meister, Edward Anton ^a  

^a MEMORIAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Cancer therapy distress; Complementary medicine; Massage therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ETHNICITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43249092092     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NCC.0000305725.65345.f3     Document Type: Article

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