Online survey of cancer patients on complementary and alternative medicine

Oncology Research and Treatment

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 304-308

  Huebner, Jutta ^a   Prott, Franz J ^b   Micke, Oliver ^c   Muecke, Ralf ^d   Senf, Bianca ^a   Dennert, Gabriele ^e   Muenstedt, Karsten ^f  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Radiooncology   (Germany)

^c FRANZISKUS HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS DORTMUND   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine; Interaction; Patient information; Patient needs; Patient safety; Patient physician communication

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; BIORESONANCE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CHINESE HERB; ENZYME THERAPY; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICINAL MUSHROOM; MEDITATION; ONCOLOGIST; ONLINE MONITORING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QIGONG; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELAXATION TRAINING; RELIGION; REVIEW; SUPPLEMENTATION; TAI CHI; VISCUM ALBUM; VITAMIN INTAKE; YOGA; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEMATO ONCOLOGICAL CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MELANOMA; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PANCREAS CANCER; PHYSICIAN; PROSTATE CANCER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SARCOMA; STOMACH CANCER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; NEOPLASMS; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84902271568     PISSN: 22965270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000362616     Document Type: Review

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