Impact of the urban zen initiative on patients' experience of admission to an inpatient oncology floor: A mixed-methods analysis

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 729-734

  Kligler, Benjamin ^a   Homel, Peter ^a   Harrison, Louis B ^a   Sackett, Esther ^a   Levenson, Hanniel ^a   Kenney, Jeanne ^a   Fleishman, Stewart B ^a   Serra, Diane ^a   Merrell, Woodson ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; URBAN ZEN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HOLISTIC NURSING; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELAXATION THERAPY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79960771943     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2010.0533     Document Type: Article

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