Yoga in adult cancer: An exploratory, qualitative analysis of the patient experience

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  McCall, Marcy ^a   Thorne, Sally ^b   Ward, Alison ^a   Heneghan, Carl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Interpretive description; Interview; Patient; Qualitative analysis; Yoga

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EMPOWERMENT; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SCHEDULING; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SLEEP PATTERN; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRESS MANAGEMENT; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; YOGA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; YOGA;

EID: 84937703883     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12906-015-0738-9     Document Type: Article

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