Compared perspectives of arab patients in palestine and israel on the role of complementary medicine in cancer care

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 878-884

  Ben Arye, Eran ^a,b   Hamadeh, Amneh M A ^c   Schiff, Elad ^d   Jamous, Rana M ^c   Dagash, Jamal ^a   Jamous, Rania M ^c   Agbarya, Abed ^a,e   Bar Sela, Gil ^e   Massalha, Eyas ^a   Silbermann, Michael ^f   Ali Shtayeh, Mohammed Saleem ^c  

^a CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c Biodiversity and Biotechnology Research Unit Biodiversity and Environmental Research Centre   (Palestine)

^d BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^f Middle East Cancer Consortium   (Israel)

Author keywords

complementary and alternative medicine; doctor patient communication; integrative medicine; Islamic medicine; Oncology; palliative care; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARAB; ARTICLE; CANCER THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; PALESTINE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELAXATION TRAINING; SLEEP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TRANSCULTURAL CARE; UTILIZATION;

ARABS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURALLY COMPETENT CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 84929708468     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2014.10.006     Document Type: Article

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