Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use in terminally ill patients

Trace Elements and Electrolytes

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-51

  Buntzel J ^a,g   Buntzel H ^a   Micke, O ^b,g   Kisters, K ^c,g   Bruns, F ^d,g   Glatzel, M ^e,g   Mucke R ^f,g   Schonekaes K G ^g   Schafer U ^f,g  

^a Sudharz Krankenhaus Nordhausen   (Germany)

^b FRANZISKUS HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c ST ANNA HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^d HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^e Zentralklinikum Suhl GGmbH ^*  (Germany)

^f KLINIKUM LIPPE DETMOLD   (Germany)

^g AKTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complementary medicine; Interviews; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT; VISCUM ALBUM EXTRACT; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AROMATHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEOPLASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRITUAL CARE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

EID: 78651259708     PISSN: 09462104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/TEP28049     Document Type: Conference Paper

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