Complementary and integrative medicine for older adults in palliative care

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 177-191

  Leong, Madeline ^a   Smith, Thomas J ^a   Rowland Seymour, Anastasia ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Complementary medicine; Integrative medicine; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

AYURVEDIC DRUG; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; CAMPHOR; CURCUMA LONGA EXTRACT; CURCUMIN; DRONABINOL; GINGER EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IBUPROFEN; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; MELATONIN; NATURAL PRODUCT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SENNA EXTRACT; TRIPHALA; TURMERIC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALERIAN;

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANOREXIA; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; CANCER FATIGUE; CHRONIC PAIN; COMORBIDITY; CONSTIPATION; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY FIBER; DISEASE ASSESSMENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG QUALITY; DRUG SAFETY; ELDERLY CARE; EVENING DOSAGE; FATIGUE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HERB DRUG INTERACTION; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; INSOMNIA; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; IRRITABLE COLON; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LIVER FUNCTION; MASSAGE; MEMORIAL SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT SCALE; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PANAX QUINQUEFOLIUS; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA; PRESCRIPTION; PRURITUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STOMACH PROTECTION; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; XEROSTOMIA; AGED; ANALGESIA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AGED; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84928589622     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: 18798853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2015.01.004     Document Type: Review

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