Use of complementary and alternative medical therapies (CAM) by patients attending a regional comprehensive cancer care centre

Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 139-145

  Wilkinson, Jenny M ^a   Stevens, Mark J ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Riverina Cancer Care Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Complementary medicine; Integrative oncology; Rural

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER CENTER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER THERAPY; CHIROPRACTIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; NEOPLASM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; COMPLICATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYTOTHERAPY; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANIPULATION, CHIROPRACTIC; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYTOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902526094     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15533840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jcim-2013-0048     Document Type: Article

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