Integrating complementary medicine and supportive care: Patients' perspectives toward complementary medicine and spirituality

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 824-831

  Ben Arye, Eran ^a,b   Schiff, Elad ^c   Vintal, Haya ^a   Agour, Olga ^a   Preis, Liora ^a,d   Steiner, Mariana ^a  

^a CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; ISRAEL; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SOCIAL WORKER; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JUDAISM; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SOCIAL WORK; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 84865591126     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2011.0327     Document Type: Article

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