Complementary and alternative therapy use at end-of-life in community settings

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 811-817

  Tilden, Virginia P ^a,c   Drach, Linda L ^b   Tolle, Susan W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEPHONE; TERMINAL DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OREGON; PALLIATIVE CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TERMINAL CARE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 8644225878     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2004.10.811     Document Type: Article

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