In God and CAM We Trust. Religious Faith and Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in a Nationwide Cohort of Women Treated for Early Breast Cancer

Journal of Religion and Health

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 991-1013

  Pedersen, Christina Gundgaard ^a   Christensen, Søren ^a   Jensen, Anders Bonde ^a   Zachariae, Robert ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cam; Faith, complementary and alternative medicine; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DENMARK; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; RISK;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DENMARK; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND MEDICINE;

EID: 84879688406     PISSN: 00224197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10943-012-9569-x     Document Type: Article

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