Availability of complementary and alternative medicine for people with cancer in the British National Health Service: Results of a national survey

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 75-80

  Egan, Bernadette ^a   Gage, Heather ^a   Hood, Jackie ^a   Poole, Karen ^b   McDowell, Charlotte ^b   Maguire, Gail ^b   Storey, Lesley ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Availability; Cancer; Complementary and alternative therapies; Survey

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEOPLASM; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERNET; NEOPLASMS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84859726738     PISSN: 17443881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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