Clinical Oncology Society of Australia position statement on the use of complementary and alternative medicine by cancer patients

Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 289-296

  Braun, Lesley ^a,b   Harris, Jessica ^c   Katris, Paul ^d   Cain, Michael ^e   Dhillon, Haryana ^f   Koczwara, Bogda ^g   Olver, Ian ^h   Robotin, Monica ^f,i  

^a WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Clinical Oncology Society of Australia Clinical Trials Research Professionals Group   (Australia)

^d Western Australian Clinical Oncology Group   (Australia)

^e SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^g FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^h CANCER COUNCIL AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

ⁱ CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complementary therapy; Informed consent; Integrative medicine; Neoplasm; Physician patient relation

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATHY; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER PATIENT; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 84909583143     PISSN: 17437555     EISSN: 17437563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajco.12227     Document Type: Article

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