Complementary and alternative medicine: Oncology nurses' knowledge and attitudes

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 217-224

  Rojas Cooley, M Teresa ^a   Grant, Marcia ^b  

^a Inland Valley Medical Center in Wildomar   (United States)

^b CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING ORGANIZATION; NURSING STAFF; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIETIES, NURSING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649170587     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/09.ONF.217-224     Document Type: Article

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