Patients have a "CAM" knowledge gap-but who will fill it?

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 788-789

  Atwood IV, Kimball C ^a,b  

^a NEWTON WELLESLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CHIROPRACTIC; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPHOMA; MASSAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUACKERY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SURVIVORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 73349112540     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.21563     Document Type: Note

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