Use of complementary and alternative medicine by patients with cancer in Saudi Arabia

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1045-1049

  Jazieh, Abdul Rahman ^a   Al Sudairy, Reem ^a   Abulkhair, Omalkhair ^a   Alaskar, Ahmed ^a   Al Safi, Faisal ^a   Sheblaq, Nagham ^a   Young, Susan ^a   Issa, Maher ^a   Tamim, Hani ^a  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK SEED EXTRACT; CROCUS SATIVUS EXTRACT; FERULA ASSAFODIDA EXTRACT; FRANGULA BARK; GARLIC EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; OLIVE OIL; PLANT EXTRACT; QURAN READ OVER WATER; TRIGONELLA FOENUM GRAECUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN; ZAMZAM WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BLACK CUMIN; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROCUS SATIVUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE CONTROL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FENUGREEK; FERULA; GARLIC; HONEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; NEOPLASM; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; RELIGIOUS GROUP; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLERGY; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HONEY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ISLAM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; NIGELLA SATIVA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX FACTORS; SPIRITUALITY; WATER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869412058     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2011.0266     Document Type: Article

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