Integrating complementary medicine in supportive cancer care models across four continents

Medical Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Ben Arye, Eran ^a,b   Schiff, Elad ^c   Zollman, Catherine ^d   Heusser, Peter ^e   Mountford, Pablo ^f   Frenkel, Moshe ^g   Bar Sela, Gil ^h   Lavie, Ofer ⁱ  

^a CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d Penny Brohn Cancer Care   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^f Fundacion para Combatir La Leucemia   (Argentina)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^h Rambam Health Care Campus ^*  (Israel)

ⁱ CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Breast Cancer; Complementary medicine; Doctor patient communication; Integrative medicine; Quality of life; Supportive care

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CANCER CENTER; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CONSULTATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ARGENTINA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GERMANY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; ISRAEL; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ARGENTINA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; ISRAEL; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874014586     PISSN: 13570560     EISSN: 1559131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12032-013-0511-1     Document Type: Review

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