书目名称 | Evidence-based Non-pharmacological Therapies for Palliative Cancer Care |
编辑 | William C.S. Cho |
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概述 | This is the first book covering comprehensive researches to evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of non-pharmacological interventions as an evidence-based therapy for cancer.This is a timely book |
丛书名称 | Evidence-based Anticancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine |
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描述 | .Cancer is one of the leading killers in the world and the incidence is increasing, but most cancer patients and cancer survivors suffer much from the disease and its conventional treatments’ side effects. In the past, clinical data showed that some complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) possessed anticancer abilities, but some clinicians and scientists have queried about the scientific validity of CAM due to the lack of scientific evidence. There is great demand in the knowledge gap to explore the scientific and evidence-based knowledge of CAM in the anticancer field. With this aim, a book series is needed to structurally deliver the knowledge to readers..Integrative therapies comprise a variety of non-pharmacological interventions that assist in alleviating physical and psychological symptoms. Apart from being a life-threatening disease, cancer and its therapy are usually associated with a significant deterioration in the quality of life. There is growing evidence that non-pharmacological therapies provide symptom and pain management in cancer palliation. This volume is a specialised book presenting the research evidence relevant to the application of a range of commonly us |
出版日期 | Book 2013 |
关键词 | Cancer; Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM); Evidence-based medicine; Non-pharmacological ther |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5833-9 |
isbn_softcover | 978-94-017-8525-9 |
isbn_ebook | 978-94-007-5833-9Series ISSN 2211-0534 Series E-ISSN 2211-0542 |
issn_series | 2211-0534 |
copyright | Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013 |