Traditional Chinese Medicine for Cancer-Related Symptoms

Seminars in Oncology Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 64-74

  Smith, Mary Elizabeth ^a   Bauer Wu, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Cancer; Qi; Traditional Chinese Medicine

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; NAUSEA; NEOPLASM; NURSING; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PAIN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; TAI CHI; VOMITING; XEROSTOMIA;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; NAUSEA; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAI JI; VOMITING; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 84862968168     PISSN: 07492081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soncn.2011.11.007     Document Type: Article

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