Building an Integrative Outpatient Care Program for Breast Cancer Patients in Taiwan

Integrative Cancer Therapies

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 343-348

  Lin, Yi Hsien ^a,b   Shiu, Jing Huei ^b   Chen, Fang Pey ^b,c   Chiu, Jen Hwey ^a,b,c  

^a CHENG HSIN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

acupuncture; breast cancer; complementary medicine; integrative therapy; quality of life; traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AROMATHERAPY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CHIROPRACTIC; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; ENERGY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH FOOD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; INSOMNIA; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; MASSAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELAXATION TRAINING; SHORT FORM 12; SPIRITUAL HEALING; TAIWAN; AMBULATORY CARE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; HEALTH SURVEY; PROCEDURES;

AMBULATORY CARE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN;

EID: 84980348221     PISSN: 15347354     EISSN: 1552695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534735415607630     Document Type: Article

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