The use of traditional, complementary and alternative medicine in Sri Lankan cancer care: Results from a survey of 500 cancer patients

Public Health

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 232-237

  Broom, A ^a   Wijewardena, K ^b   Sibbritt, D ^c   Adams, J ^d   Nayar, K R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cancer; Sri Lanka; Traditional, complementary and alternative medicine

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE; MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AYURVEDA; BIOMEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; SRI LANKA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SRI LANKA; YOUNG ADULT;

SRI LANKA;

EID: 77952238310     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2010.02.012     Document Type: Article

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