dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-03T07:30:50Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-01-03T07:30:50Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
dc.description.abstract | Cancer patients’ use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is widespread,
despite the fact that clinical studies validating the efficacy of CAM remain sparse. The
purpose of this study was to explore possible connections between cancer patients’
communication experiences with doctors and the decision to use CAM either as
supplement or alternative to conventional treatment (CT). The Regional Committee for
Medical and Health Research Ethics and the Norwegian Data Inspectorate approved the
study. From a group of 52 cancer patients with self-reported positive experiences from
use of CAM, 13 were selected for qualitative interviews. Six used CAM as supplement,
and seven as alternative to CT, periodically or permanent. Communication experiences
with 46 doctors were described. The analysis revealed three connections between doctorpatient
communication and patients’ treatment decisions: a) negative communication
experiences because of the use of CAM; b) negative communication experiences resulted
in the decision to use CAM, and in some cases to decline CT; and c) positive
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communication experiences led to the decision to use CAM as supplement, not
alternative to CT. The patients, including the decliners of CT, wanted to discuss treatment
decisions in well-functioning interpersonal processes with supportive doctors. In doctors’
practices and education of doctors, a greater awareness of potential positive and negative
outcomes of doctor-patient communication that concern CAM issues could be of
importance. More research is needed to safeguard CAM users’ treatment decisions and
their relationship to conventional health care. | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences 2013, 27(1):70-76 | en_US |
dc.identifier.cristinID | FRIDAID 925019 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2012.01002.x | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0283-9318 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10037/10078 | |
dc.identifier.urn | URN:NBN:no-uit_munin_9233 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Wiley | en_US |
dc.rights.accessRights | openAccess | en_US |
dc.subject | VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Helsetjeneste- og helseadministrasjonsforskning: 806 | en_US |
dc.subject | VDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800::Health service and health administration research: 806 | en_US |
dc.title | Doctor-patient communication and cancer patients' choice of alternative therapies as supplement or alternative to conventional care | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.type | Tidsskriftartikkel | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_US |