Patterns of the use of complementary and alternative medicine in women with metastatic cancer

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 194-200

  Yildirim, Yasemin ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cancer; Complementary and alternative medicine; Metastasis; Nursing; Women

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; MULTIVITAMIN; PECTIN;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICHOKE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CARTILAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; GINGER; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HERBAL MEDICINE; HONEY; HUMAN; LINSEED; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEA; THYME; URTICA DIOICA; VOMITING;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY; WOMEN;

EID: 77951765263     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e3181c295ac     Document Type: Article

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