The determinants of traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture utilization for cancer patients with simultaneous conventional treatment

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 340-349

  Pu, C Y ^a   Lan, V M ^b   Lan, C F ^a   Lang, H C ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Cancer; Conventional treatment; Healthcare utilization; Logistic regression; Traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TAIWAN;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN;

EID: 48249091292     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: 13652354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2007.00865.x     Document Type: Article

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