Open AccessDiscussing Complementary Therapy Use With Early-Stage Breast Cancer Patients: Exploring the Communication Gap
Author(s) -
Ilona Juraskova,
Leonard Hegedus,
Phyllis Butow,
Allan Ben Smith,
Penelope Schofield
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
integrative cancer therapies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1552-695X
pISSN - 1534-7354
DOI - 10.1177/1534735410365712
Subject(s) - anxiety , breast cancer , medicine , alternative medicine , demographics , family medicine , stage (stratigraphy) , integrative medicine , cancer , physical therapy , psychiatry , pathology , paleontology , demography , sociology , biology
The current study aimed to (1) describe communication patterns between oncologists and breast cancer patients regarding the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and (2) assess the relationship between CAM discussions and anxiety levels.