Positive changes, increased spiritual importance, and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use among cancer survivors

Integrative Cancer Therapies

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 339-347

  Mao, Jun J ^a   Cronholm, Peter F ^a   Stein, Emma ^a   Straton, Joseph B ^a   Palmer, Steven C ^a   Barg, Frances K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer survivor; complementary and alternative medicine; epidemiology; positive emotion; quality of life; spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION;

AGED; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; PENNSYLVANIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SPIRITUALITY; SURVIVORS;

EID: 78649674663     PISSN: 15347354     EISSN: 1552695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534735410387419     Document Type: Article

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