The use of herbal medicines by people with cancer: A qualitative study

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Gratus, Christine ^a   Wilson, Sue ^a   Greenfield, Sheila M ^a   Damery, Sarah L ^a   Warmington, Sally A ^a   Grieve, Robert ^b   Steven, Neil M ^a   Routledge, Philip ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SURVEY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF MEDICATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LITERATURE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NEOPLASM; PHYTOTHERAPY; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 66749192042     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-9-14     Document Type: Article

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