incorporating complementary medicine into conventional cancer care /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Lorenzo Cohen and Maurie Markman.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
London :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Springer [distributor],
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2008.
PROJECTED PUBLICATION DATE
Date
200802
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xiii, 216 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill. ;
Dimensions
25 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Current clinical oncology (Totowa, N.J.)
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Introduction -- A word of caution: risk of harm associated with alternative complementary/integrative approaches in cancer management and the critical need for quality research to understand and decrease that risk -- Using legal and ethical principles to guide clinical decision making in complementary/integrative cancer medicine -- Communicating with patients about the use of complementary and integrative medicine in cancer care -- The integrative medicine program at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center -- The integrative medicine service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center -- Integrative oncology-Leonard P. Zakim Center: the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute experience -- The Johns Hopkins complementary and integrative medicine service -- Integrative oncology at Mayo Clinic: research informing practice -- Mind-body research in cancer -- Herbs and other botanicals: interactions with pharmaceuticals -- Acupuncture in cancer care at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute: an integrative medical practice -- Acupuncture for the side effects of cancer treatments.