The use of complementary and alternative medicine after the completion of hospital treatment for colorectal cancer: Findings from a questionnaire study in Denmark

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Nissen, Nina ^a   Lunde, Anita ^b   Pedersen, Christina G ^c   Johannessen, Helle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b VIA University College Sundhedsfaglig højskole   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CRANIO SACRAL THERAPY; DENMARK; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALING; HOMEOPATHY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; KINESIOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MASSAGE; MEDITATION; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFLEXOLOGY; WELLBEING; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL SURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84907952793     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-14-388     Document Type: Article

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