Reflexology for symptom relief in patients with cancer

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 354-360

  Wilkinson, Susie ^a   Lockhart, Karen ^b   Gambles, Maureen ^c   Storey, Lesley ^d  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Marie Curie Palliative Care Institute   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complementary therapies; Reflexology; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DATA BASE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMOTION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE CENTER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFLEXOLOGY; SPIRITUAL CARE; STANDARD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS; WELLBEING; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; MASSAGE; NEOPLASM; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HUMANS; MASSAGE; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149360935     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NCC.0000305756.58615.81     Document Type: Article

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