Use of complementary and alternative medicine before and after organ removal due to urologic cancer

Patient Preference and Adherence

Volumn 9, Issue , 2015, Pages 1407-1412

  Mani, Jens ^a   Juengel, Eva ^a   Arslan, Ilhan ^a   Bartsch, Georg ^a   Filmann, Natalie ^a   Ackermann, Hanns ^a   Nelson, Karen ^a   Haferkamp, Axel ^a   Engl, Tobias ^a   Blaheta, Roman A ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine; Surgery; Urologic cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTECTOMY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GERMAN (CITIZEN); GERMANY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; NEPHRECTOMY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URINARY TRACT CANCER;

EID: 84943591856     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1177889X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/PPA.S90061     Document Type: Article

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