Complementary and alternative medicine use and disclosure amongst Australian radiotherapy patients

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1571-1578

  Hunter, Darren ^a,b   Oates, Richard ^a,b   Gawthrop, Janet ^a,b   Bishop, Michelle ^a,b   Gill, Suki ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Australia; Complementary therapies; Radiation oncology; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

MINERAL; VITAMIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AROMATHERAPY; ART THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AYURVEDA; BREATHING EXERCISE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHIROPRACTIC; CLASSIFICATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FELDENKRAIS METHOD; FEMALE; GUIDED IMAGERY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAGNETOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; MEDITATION; MUSIC THERAPY; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PILATES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QIGONG; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION ONCOLOGIST; REIKI; RELAXATION TRAINING; RELIGION; ROLFING; TAI CHI; VERY ELDERLY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; YOGA;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION ONCOLOGY;

EID: 84902355568     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-014-2120-8     Document Type: Article

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