Push or pull? Relationships between lung cancer patients' perceptions of quality of care and use of complementary and alternative medicine

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 311-317

  Lovgren M ^a,b,c   Wilde Larsson, B ^d,e   Hok J ^a   Levealahti H ^c   Tishelman, C ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b DALARNA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Stockholms Sjukhem Foundation   (Sweden)

^d KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine; Complementary and alternative therapies; Lung cancer; Patient perspective; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING PROCESS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING PROCESS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN;

EID: 79961031264     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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