Mind-Body Medicine and Cancer

Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 683-708

  Gordon, James S ^a,b,c  

^a The Center for Mind Body Medicine   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CancerGuides Training Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ART THERAPY; AUTOGENIC TRAINING; CANCER CENTER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVOR; EXERCISE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; IMAGERY; KINESIOTHERAPY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDITATION; NEOPLASM; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ART THERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIND-BODY AND RELAXATION TECHNIQUES; NEOPLASMS; NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION; PATIENTS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS;

EID: 47049098863     PISSN: 08898588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hoc.2008.04.010     Document Type: Review

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