title: Complementary medicine in palliative care.
abstract: This is the eighth of a series of articles looking at the available evidence for complementary medicine relating to the theme topic in Australian Family Physician. For patients facing an incurable and life threatening illness such as cancer, decisions that lead to the use of complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) are often seen as pragmatic and a last resort when mainstream medicine has nothing left to offer.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Molecular Biology and Medicine, Epworth Medical Centre, and National Institute of Integrative Medicine, Australia. lvitetta@cmbm.com.au
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vitetta
authors.forename: Avni
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sali
mesh_terms: D000529:Complementary Therapies; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000628:therapy; D015525:Fatty Acids, Omega-3 / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D009325:Nausea / Q000517:prevention & control; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology; D059408:Pain Management; D010166:Palliative Care; D013727:Terminal Care; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014839:Vomiting / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D015525:Fatty Acids, Omega-3; D014810:Vitamin E