Enhancing cancer care : complementary therapy and support
Barraclough, JenniferContributor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2007.
A practical, evidence-based guide to complementary cancer therapies with an emphasis on enhancing practice; that is, using the therapies alongside conventional medicine, rather than as alternatives to it.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
A practical, evidence-based guide to complementary cancer therapies with an emphasis on enhancing practice; that is, using the therapies alongside conventional medicine, rather than as alternatives to it.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introducing the holistic approach to cancer care / Jennifer Barraclough -- Evaluating complementary therapies / Janet Richardson and Karen Pilkington -- The oncology setting / Teresa E. Young -- The hospice setting / Nigel A. Hartley -- The work of an independent cancer help centre / Sara R. Miller and Ruth Sewell -- Childhood cancer / Elena J. Ladas and Kara M. Kelly -- Choice and co-ordination of therapies: the family doctor as guide / Catherine Zollman -- Acupuncture / Beverley de Valois -- Aromatherapy / Jacqui Stringer -- Art therapy / Paola Luzzatto and Bonnie Gabriel -- Bach flower remedies / Jennifer Barraclough -- Counselling: distress, transitions, and relationships / James Brennan -- Exercise / Margaret L. McNeely and Kerry S. Courneya -- Group support / Barbara Lubrano di Ciccone, Tiffany D. Floyd, and David W. Kissane -- Healing / Diane O'Connell -- Herbal medicine / Doreen Oneschuk, Jawaid Younus, and Heather Boon -- Homeopathy / Elizabeth A. Thompson -- Massage / Jacqui Stringer and Peter A. Mackereth -- Music therapy / Joanne V. Loewy -- Nutrition / Elizabeth Butler -- Reflexology / Peter A. Mackereth and Clive S. O'Hara -- Relaxation, visualization, and hypnotherapy / Leslie G. Walker ... [et al.] -- The spiritual dimension / Alastair J. Cunningham and Claire VI Edmonds.
Cancer
Therapeutics
Diseases
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment
Neoplasms
Complementary Therapies
Medicine
Health & Biological Sciences
Oncology