Great expectations: What do patients using complementary and alternative medicine hope for?

Patient

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 89-101

  Ernst, E ^a   Hung, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Aromatherapy; Herbal medicines; Homoeopathy; Patient preference; Yoga

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ECHINACEA EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; SILYBUM MARIANUM EXTRACT;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG SAFETY; EMOTION; EXPECTATION; HEALING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOLISTIC CARE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LEARNING; MEDLINE; MIGRAINE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; REVIEW; SPIRITUAL CARE; THERAPY EFFECT; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WELLBEING;

EID: 79955585824     PISSN: 11781653     EISSN: 11781661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11586490-000000000-00000     Document Type: Review

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