Perceptions of complementary medicine integration in supportive cancer care of arabs and jews in Israel: A cross-cultural study

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 871-877

  Ben Arye, Eran ^a,b   Schiff, Elad ^c,d   Silbermann, Michael ^e   Agbarya, Abed ^a,f   Bar Sela, Gil ^f  

^a CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d Law and Ethics   (Israel)

^e Middle East Cancer Consortium   (Israel)

^f RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

communication; Cross cultural; integrative medicine; medicine doctor patient; Middle East; quality of life; traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARAB; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CHRISTIAN; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUZE; EMOTION; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; ISRAEL; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSLIM; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPIRITUAL CARE; SUPPORTIVE CANCER CARE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHNOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; 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; JEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 84929709733     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2014.09.014     Document Type: Article

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