Developing a model of decision-making about complementary therapy use for patients with cancer: A qualitative study

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 374-380

  Evans, Maggie ^a   Sharp, Debbie ^a   Shaw, Ali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Complementary therapies; Decision making; Patient participation

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857639197     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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