Understanding Complementary Therapies a Guide for People with Cancer, Their Families and Friends
Understanding Complementary Therapies A guide for people with cancer, their families and friends Cancer Treatment information For information & support, call Understanding Complementary Therapies A guide for people with cancer, their families and friends First published October 2008. This edition May 2015. © The Cancer Council NSW 2015. ISBN 978 1 925136 51 7 Understanding Complementary Therapies is reviewed approximately every three years. Check the publication date above to ensure this copy is up to date. Editor: Cath Grove. Designer: Paula Marchant. Printer: SOS Print + Media Group. Acknowledgements This edition has been developed by Cancer Council NSW on behalf of all other state and territory Cancer Councils as part of a National Publications Working Group Initiative. We thank the reviewers of this edition: Dr Haryana Dhillon, Research Fellow, Survivorship Research Group, Deputy Director, Centre for Medical Psychology & Evidence-based Decision-making, University of Sydney, and Chair, Clinical Oncology Society of Australia Survivorship Group, NSW; Dr Kylie Dodsworth, GP, Vice- President, Australasian Integrative Medicine Association, SA; Lauren Muir, Accredited Practising Dietitian, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC; Shavita Patel, 13 11 20 Consultant, Cancer Council WA; A/Prof Evelin Tiralongo, Lecturer and Researcher in Complementary Medicine, School of Pharmacy, Griffith University, QLD; Gabrielle Toth, Consumer; Dr Xiaoshu Zhu, Director, Academic Program for Chinese Medicine, Senior Lecturer, School of Science and Health, and Researcher, National Institute of Complementary Medicine, University of Western Sydney, NSW. We thank the men and women who shared stories about their use of complementary therapies as part of their wider cancer care. We would also like to thank the health professionals and consumers who worked on the previous editions of this title, and Vivienne O’Callaghan, the original writer.
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