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133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
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133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA |
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5024.1: Wednesday, December 14, 2005: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM | |||
Oral | |||
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| Alternative and complementary health practices have been used more extensively among cancer patients. This session addresses various issues related to CAM therapies and cancer care, including the examination of using representative population-based data to study issues related to the limitations of existing studies of CAM use among cancer patients, the use of CAM modalities in treating cancer, the experience of using the New Beginnings Cancer Care Program to improve quality of life for cancer patients, Internet-based self-help group for women with breast cancer, and the physiological and psychological effects of massage therapy on children with cancer and blood diseases. | |||
| Learning Objectives: 1. Describe the use of complementary and alternative medicine by Californians with breast, prostate and other types of cancer, 2. Discuss the process, challenges, opportunities, and lessons learned of implementing the New Beginnings Cancer Care Program to improve quality of life for cancer patients. 3. Explain the mutual aid processes in an internet self-help group for women with breast cancer 4. Describe the physiological and psychological effects of massage therapy on children with cancer and blood diseases | |||
| Duchy Trachtenberg, MSW | |||
Utilizing the New Beginnings Cancer Care Program to improve quality of life for patients: An integrative medicine approach ![[ Recorded presentation ]](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif){kind=small} Steven Szydlowski, MBA, MHA, Daniel J. West, PhD, Peter Amato | |||
| Mutual aid processes in an internet self-help group for women with breast cancer Mark S. Salzer, PhD | |||
| Physiological and psychological effects of massage therapy on children with cancer and blood diseases Jolie Haun, MS, EdS, LMT, John Graham-Pole, MD, Brendan Shortley, BA, BS | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Organized by: | Alternative and Complementary Health Practices | ||
| Endorsed by: | Gerontological Health; Maternal and Child Health; Public Health Education and Health Promotion; Socialist Caucus; Women's Caucus | ||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing | ||
The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA