Prayer-for-health and complementary alternative medicine use among Malaysian breast cancer patients during chemotherapy

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Chui, Ping Lei ^a   Abdullah, Khatijah Lim ^a   Wong, Li Ping ^a   Taib, Nur Aishah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Chemotherapy; Complementary alternative therapy; Prayer for health

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE; NATURAL PRODUCT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH BELIEF; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIAN; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRAYER FOR HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; MALAYSIA; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; RELIGION; SPIRITUAL HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAITH HEALING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; RELIGION;

EID: 84920836386     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-14-425     Document Type: Article

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