Role of religiosity and spirituality in complementary and alternative medicine use among cancer survivors in California

Integrative Cancer Therapies

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 139-146

  Hsiao, An Fu ^a,b   Wong, Mitchell D ^c   Miller, Melissa F ^d   Ambs, Anita H ^d   Goldstein, Michael S ^c   Smith, Ashley ^d   Ballard Barbash, Rachel ^d   Becerra, Lida S ^c   Cheng, Eric M ^e,f   Wenger, Neil S ^c  

^a VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

CAM; Integrative medicine; Religiosity; Spirituality; Survivors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CANCER SURVIVOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CALIFORNIA; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SPIRITUALITY; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 52649150406     PISSN: 15347354     EISSN: 1552695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534735408322847     Document Type: Article

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