Quality of Life in Women With Breast Cancer and the Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

Recently published in the journal Holistic Nursing Practice is an article on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use among women with breast cancer, and how this can affect their quality of life (QOL). The most common complementary and alternative methods were praying, exercise, and herbs use. Patients with breast cancer are known to use CAM methods to gain physical and psychological relief, to reduce the side effects of the disease, and to prevent the formation of cancer again.
This article is freely available to those with CIAP access, otherwise check with your Library.

Quality of Life in Women With Breast Cancer and the Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine; Holistic Nursing Practice. Volume 28(4), July/August 2014, p 258–264