Complementary and alternative medicine in cancer pain management: A systematic review

Indian Journal of Palliative Care

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 105-115

  Singh, Priyanka ^a   Chaturvedi, Aditi ^b  

^a Department of Pharmacology Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali Government Institute of Medical Science and Research   (India)

^b SUBHARTI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Cancer pain; Complementary and alternative medicine; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922938678     PISSN: 09731075     EISSN: 19983735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.150202     Document Type: Review

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