Effectively discussing complementary and alternative medicine in a conventional oncology setting: Communication recommendations for clinicians

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-151

  Schofield, Penelope ^a,b   Diggens, Justine ^a   Charleson, Catherine ^a   Marigliani, Rita ^a   Jefford, Michael ^a,b  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

CAM; Cancer; Communication; Complementary and alternative therapies; Guidelines; Oncology

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CANCER PATIENT; COMPREHENSION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTIONALITY; EPISTEMOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LINGUISTICS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

COMMUNICATION; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 77951976686     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2009.07.038     Document Type: Short Survey

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