title: Touching the other's suffering: cross-cultural challenges in palliative treatment along geopolitical crossroads.
authors.affiliation: Integrative Oncology Program, The Oncology Service, Lin Medical Center, Clalit Health Services, Haifa and Western Galilee District, Israel; Complementary and Traditional Medicine Unit, Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel; Middle East Cancer Consortium, Haifa, Israel; Palliative Care-Home Care Hospice, Clalit Health Services, Haifa and Western Galilee District, Israel; Departments of Internal Medicine and Integrative Surgery Service, Bnai Zion Hospital, Haifa, Israel, and the International Center for Health, Law, and Ethics, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: Eran
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ben-Arye
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Silbermann
authors.forename: Jamal
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dagash
authors.forename: Bella
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shulman
authors.forename: Elad
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schiff
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000208:ethnology*; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D065246:Culturally Competent Care; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007514:Islam / Q000523:psychology*; D007557:Israel; D007585:Jews / Q000523:psychology; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations
keywords: Complementary alternative medicine; Doctor-patient communication; Integrative medicine; Middle East; Supportive care; Traditional medicine