Family strategies for managing childhood cancer: Using complementary and alternative medicine in Jordan

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 591-597

  Al Qudimat, Mohammad R ^a   Rozmus, Cathy L ^b   Farhan, Nemah ^a  

^a KING HUSSEIN CANCER CENTER   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine; Jordan; Nursing; Paediatric oncology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JORDAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; NEOPLASM; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISCLOSURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; INFANT; JORDAN; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PARENTS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79951548764     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05517.x     Document Type: Article

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