## BACKGROUND. Complementary medicine has become an important aspect of palliative cancer care. This overview is primarily aimed at providing guidance to clinicians regarding some commonly used complementary therapies. ## METHODS. Several complementary therapies were identified as particularly
Alternative and complementary therapies in childhood cancer
โ Scribed by Anderson, Ronald A.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 25 KB
- Volume
- 34
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-1532
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