Practices, attitudes, and beliefs associated with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use among cancer patients

Integrative Cancer Therapies

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 232-242

  Arthur, Kristen ^a   Belliard, Juan Carlos ^a   Hardin, Steven B ^b   Knecht, Kathryn ^a   Chen, Chien Shing ^a   Montgomery, Susanne ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Jerry L Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

CAM; coping methods; integrative medicine; medical pluralism; perceptions among cancer patients; thematic coding

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CANCER THERAPY; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CODING; COPING BEHAVIOR; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HERB; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INDIAN; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; LUNG CANCER; MALE; NEOPLASM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OPTIMISM; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONNEL; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELAXATION TRAINING; RELIGION; SECOND CANCER; SUPPORT GROUP; WELLBEING;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 84867648693     PISSN: 15347354     EISSN: 1552695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534735411433832     Document Type: Article

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