Medical Education in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM): A European Perspective
As use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is becoming increasingly popular among patients, we need to take a new look at how we are educating our future doctors. Opinions on integration of CAM courses into the main curriculum at medical facul
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Alfred Längler • Patrick J. Mansky Georg Seifert Editors
Integrative Pediatric Oncology
Editors Alfred Längler Faculty of Health, School of Medicine Centre for Integrative Medicine Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus University of Witten/Herdecke Herdecke Germany Department for Integrative Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine Centre for Integrative Pediatric Oncology Herdecke Germany
Patrick J. Mansky The Cancer Team at Bellin Health Bellin Health Green Bay, WI USA Georg Seifert Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Berlin Germany
ISBN 978-3-642-04200-3 ISBN 978-3-642-04201-0 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-04201-0 Springer Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London
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Preface
Scientific advancements over the past 30 years have resulted in a dramatic reduction in morbidity and mortality of pediatric oncologic therapy. However, over the last two decades the focus of the professional medical discourse has increasingly shifted from extending overall survival to enhancing quality of life. At the same time, individual needs of patients and their families have been more clearly delineated. In many instance
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