Prayer as a complementary therapy

Cancer Forum

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-30

  Whitford, Hayley S ^a,b   Olver, Ian N ^a  

^a CANCER COUNCIL AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CANCER PATIENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDITATION; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIGION; REVIEW;

EID: 79955059282     PISSN: 0311306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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