Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) use by Malaysian oncology patients

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 114-120

  Farooqui, Maryam ^a   Hassali, Mohamed Azmi ^b   Abdul Shatar, Aishah Knight ^c   Shafie, Asrul Akmal ^b   Seang, Tan Boon ^d   Farooqui, Muhammad Aslam ^e  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^c ADVANCED MEDICAL AND DENTAL INSTITUTE   (Malaysia)

^d Pantai Medical Centre   (Malaysia)

^e Allianze University College of Medical Sciences (AUCMS)   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Complementary and Alternative Medicine; Decision making; Information seeking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; ORIENTAL MEDICINE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEDICINE, EAST ASIAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859731569     PISSN: 17443881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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