Spiritual care of cancer patients by integrated medicine in urban green space: A pilot study

Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 87-90

  Nakau, Maiko ^a   Imanishi, Jiro ^b   Imanishi, Junichi ^a   Watanabe, Satoko ^b   Imanishi, Ayumi ^a   Baba, Takeshi ^a   Hirai, Kei ^c   Ito, Toshinori ^c   Chiba, Wataru ^d   Morimoto, Yukihiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MEIJI UNIVERSITY OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TAKATSUKI RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

cancer; forest therapy; horticultural therapy; Spiritual care; supportive group therapy; urban greenery; yoga

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOREST; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HORTICULTURAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MEDITATION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFILE OF MOOD STATES; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SHORT FORM 36; SPIRITUAL CARE; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; SUPPORT GROUP; URBAN AREA; WELLBEING; YOGA;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; EMOTIONS; ENVIRONMENT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GARDENING; HUMANS; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; NATURE; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUALITY; TREES; URBAN POPULATION; YOGA;

EID: 84875313707     PISSN: 15508307     EISSN: 18787541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.explore.2012.12.002     Document Type: Article

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