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Therapeutic Pluralism: Exploring the Experiences of Cancer Patients and Professionals

Autor Alex Broom, Philip Tovey
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 19 mar 2008
The profile of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has risen dramatically over the last decade and cancer patients represent its most prolific users. As a result, the NHS and UK cancer services are attempting to develop a wider range of therapeutic options for patients. Despite such developments, little is known about why cancer patients use CAM, its perceived benefits and the perspectives of the doctors and nurses involved.
Drawing on extensive fieldwork in the UK, Therapeutic Pluralism includes over 120 interviews with cancer patients and professionals, plus innovative ‘diary’ data which, for the first time, detail the experiences of CAM users. It gives a systematic analysis of issues such as:
  • The development of patient preferences and influences on decision making
  • Expectations of CAM and interpretations of ‘success’ in cancer treatment
  • The nature and importance of ‘evidence’ and ‘effectiveness’ for patients
  • The organisational dynamics involved in integrating CAM into the NHS
  • Pathways to CAM and the role of the Internet
  • The role of oncology clinicians in patients’ experiences of cancer and their use of CAMs
Therapeutic Pluralism is essential reading for students and researchers of medical sociology, complementary and alternative medicine and cancer. It will also be useful to medical and health professionals, and policy-makers with an interest in complementary and alternative medicine.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780415398527
ISBN-10: 0415398525
Pagini: 168
Ilustrații: 5 tables
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Cuprins

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1: The dialectical tension between individuation and depersonalisation in cancer patients’ mediation of therapeutic options
Chapter 2: The role of the Internet in cancer patients’ engagement with therapeutic options
Chapter 3: Integrating CAM: A comparative analysis of hospice versus hospital medicine
Chapter 4: Oncologists’ and specialist cancer nurses’ approaches to CAM and their impact on patient action
Chapter 5: Exploring the temporal dimension in cancer patients’ experiences of non-biomedical therapeutics
Chapter 6: The problematic nature of conflating use and advocacy in CAM integration
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
 

Descriere

The profile of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has risen dramatically over the last decade with cancer patients its most prolific users. Why do such people use CAMs, what are its benefits and what are the perspectives of those involved?