Taiwanese adult cancer patients' reports of using complementary therapies

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 320-326

  Lu, Jui Hua ^a,b   Tsay, Shiow Luan ^b   Sung, Su Ching ^a,c  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c SHU TE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cancer patients; Complementary and alternative medicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SNOWBALL SAMPLE; TAIWAN; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPLICATION; EDUCATION; ETIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEOPLASMS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SELF CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEOPLASMS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY; SELF CARE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAIWAN;

EID: 77954145454     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e3181d1c7ee     Document Type: Article

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