Talking to cancer patients about complementary therapies: is it the physician’s responsibility?

Current Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue S2, 2008, Pages S88-S93

  Verhoef, Marja J ^a   Boon, H S ^b   Page, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

CAM; communication; Complementary and alternative medicine; patients; phy sicians

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CONSULTATION; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE CENTER; HUMAN; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN; RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 76649125414     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17187729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3747/co.v15i0.282     Document Type: Article

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