Integrative Oncology Imperative for Nurses

Seminars in Oncology Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 2-9

  Bauer Wu, Susan ^a   Decker, Georgia M ^a,b,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AOCN: Integrative Care NP PC   (United States)

^c Braverman Panza Medical Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM); Complementary therapies; Integrative health; Supportive care

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HOLISTIC NURSING; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; NURSE; NURSING; ONCOLOGY NURSING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOLISTIC NURSING; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NURSES; ONCOLOGIC NURSING;

EID: 84856204685     PISSN: 07492081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soncn.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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