An exploratory study on the quality of life and individual coping of cancer patients during mistletoe therapy

Integrative Cancer Therapies

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 90-100

  Brandenberger, Mathias ^a   Simões Wüst, Ana Paula ^a   Rostock, Matthias ^b   Rist, Lukas ^a   Saller, Reinhard ^b  

^a Paracelsus Hospital Richterswil   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cancer; content analysis; interviews; mistletoe; qualitative research; quality of life

Indexed keywords

VISCUM ALBUM EXTRACT;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; COPING BEHAVIOR; EUROPEAN ORGANISATION FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER QLQ C30; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; KIDNEY CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MELANOMA; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MYALGIA; MYELOMA; PANCREAS CANCER; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SIDE EFFECT; VISCUM ALBUM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 84860238101     PISSN: 15347354     EISSN: 1552695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534735411413267     Document Type: Article

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