Complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) disclosure to the health care providers: A qualitative insight from Malaysian cancer patients

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 252-256

  Farooqui, Maryam ^a   Hassali, Mohamed Azmi ^b   Abdul Shatar, Aishah Knight ^c   Shafie, Asrul Akmal ^b   Farooqui, Muhammad Aslam ^d   Saleem, Fahad ^b   Aljadhey, Hisham ^e  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^c ADVANCED MEDICAL AND DENTAL INSTITUTE   (Malaysia)

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

^e KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cancer patients; Complementary and alternative medicines (CAM); Disclosure; Malaysian; Physicians; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATIENT PREFERENCE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867332871     PISSN: 17443881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2012.06.005     Document Type: Article

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