Attitudes toward and current practice of complementary and alternative medicine in Japanese palliative care units

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 239-244

  Osaka, Iwao ^a   Kurihara, Yukie ^a   Tanaka, Keiko ^a   Nishizaki, Hisayoshi ^a   Aoki, Shigeru ^a   Adachi, Isamu ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; JAPAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JAPAN; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 61649120804     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2008.0215     Document Type: Article

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