Integration of complementary medicine in supportive cancer care: survey of health-care providers' perspectives from 16 countries in the Middle East

Ben-Arye E., Schiff E., Mutafoglu K., Omran S., Hajjar R., Charalambous H., ...More

SUPPORTIVE CARE IN CANCER, vol.23, no.9, pp.2605-2612, 2015 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 23 Issue: 9
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s00520-015-2619-7
  • Journal Name: SUPPORTIVE CARE IN CANCER
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.2605-2612
  • Keywords: Cross-cultural medicine, Integrative medicine, Middle East, Complementary and alternative medicine, Doctor-patient communication, Quality of life
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

In this multinational Middle-Eastern study, we assessed health-care providers' (HCPs) perspectives on their patients' use of complementary and traditional medicine (CTM) and identified the leading barriers to CTM integration in supportive cancer care.