Doctor-patient communication and cancer patients' choice of alternative therapies as supplement or alternative to conventional care

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 70-76

  Salamonsen, Anita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cancer; Care; Complementary therapies; Compliance; Decision making; Norway; Risk; Sociology; Trust

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NORWAY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NORWAY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84873461870     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2012.01002.x     Document Type: Article

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