Cancer patients' attitudes towards Chinese medicine: A Hong Kong survey

Chinese Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Lam, Yuen Chi ^a   Cheng, Chung Wah ^a   Peng, Heng ^a   Law, Chun Key ^b   Huang, Xianzhang ^a   Bian, Zhaoxiang ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CHINESE DRUG; HERBACEOUS AGENT; QIGONG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MASSAGE; MOXIBUSTION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 74549186397     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8546-4-25     Document Type: Article

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