Use of complementary and alternative medicine by cancer patients at a Montreal hospital

Integrative Cancer Therapies

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 305-311

  Sewitch, Maida J ^a   Yaffe, Mark ^a,b   Maisonneuve, Jenny ^b   Prchal, Jaroslav ^b   Ciampi, Antonio ^a,b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; cancer; complementary and alternative medicine; oncology; pilot

Indexed keywords

NATURAL PRODUCT;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER PATIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIOLOGICAL AGENTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIND-BODY THERAPIES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84855220026     PISSN: 15347354     EISSN: 1552695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534735410395136     Document Type: Article

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