I will always be with you: Traditional and complementary therapists' perspectives on patient-therapist-doctor communication regarding treatment of Arab patients with cancer in Israel

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 381-386

  Popper Giveon, Ariela ^a   Schiff, Elad ^b,c   Ben Arye, Eran ^d,e  

^a The David Yellin College of Education   (Israel)

^b BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^e CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Complementary medicine; Doctor patient communication; Integrative oncology; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARAB; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSULTATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ISRAEL; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ARABS; COMMUNICATION; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 84870292245     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2012.03.016     Document Type: Article

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