Barriers to integration of traditional and complementary medicine in supportive cancer care of Arab patients in northern Israel

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ben Arye, Eran ^a,b   Steiner, Mariana ^a,c   Karkabi, Khaled ^b   Shalom, Tamar ^a,d   Levy, Levava ^a   Popper Giveon, Ariela ^e   Schiff, Elad ^f  

^a CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^e David Yellin Academic College for Education   (Israel)

^f BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANXIETY; APPETITE; ARAB; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WELLBEING;

EID: 84855601551     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/401867     Document Type: Article

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