Australian integrative oncology services: a mixed-method study exploring the views of cancer survivors.

Jennifer Hunter BMed MScPH PhDJane UssherChloe PartonAndrew KellettCaroline SmithGeoff DelaneyEleanor Oyston

Published in: BMC complementary and alternative medicine (2018)

Patients' use, preferences and needs for T&CM services in the oncology setting are important for informing service provision. Inequitable, unmet need reflected the increasing demand and expectation from patients for their oncology teams to be well informed about the benefits, risks and indications for T&CM use, and for the public and private health sectors to formally integrate and fund IO services.

Keyphrases

healthcare
mental health
end stage renal disease
palliative care
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
primary care
newly diagnosed
public health
prognostic factors
young adults
health insurance
health information
electronic health record
health promotion
network analysis