What is an exceptional cancer trajectory?: Multiple stakeholder perspectives on cancer trajectories in relation to complementary and alternative medicine use

Integrative Cancer Therapies

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-163

  Hök, Johanna ^a   Forss, Anette ^a,b   Falkenberg, Torkel ^a   Tishelman, Carol ^a,c,d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Stockholms Sjukhem Foundation   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Case study; Complementary and alternative medicine; Exceptional trajectories; Interviews; Multiple perspectives; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; WELLBEING;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68949101680     PISSN: 15347354     EISSN: 1552695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534735409335607     Document Type: Article

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