Disclosure to physicians of CAM use by breast cancer patients: Findings from the women's healthy eating and living study

Integrative Cancer Therapies

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 122-129

  Saxe, Gordon A ^a,b   Madlensky, Lisa ^a,b   Kealey, Sheila ^b   Wu, David P H ^c   Freeman, Karen L ^b   Pierce, John P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Breast cancer; CAM; Chiropractic; Complementary and alternative medicine; Disclosure; Health communication; Naturopathy

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CHIROPRACTIC PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 52649111720     PISSN: 15347354     EISSN: 1552695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534735408323081     Document Type: Article

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