Patients' interactions with physicians and complementary and alternative medicine practitioners: older women with breast cancer and self-managed health care
| Autor: | Shelley R. Adler, Harriet Beinfield, Ellen F. Hughes, Judith Wrubel |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
| Předmět: |
Complementary Therapies
medicine.medical_specialty Population MEDLINE Alternative medicine Breast Neoplasms California Article Breast cancer Older patients Nursing Health care Medicine Humans education Qualitative Research Aged Aged 80 and over education.field_of_study Physician-Patient Relations Extramural business.industry Communication Data Collection Age Factors Professional-Patient Relations Middle Aged Patient Acceptance of Health Care medicine.disease Self Care Complementary and alternative medicine Oncology Family medicine Female business Attitude to Health Qualitative research |
| Zdroj: | Integrative cancer therapies. 8(1) |
| ISSN: | 1534-7354 |
| Popis: | Older patients are more likely than ever to be under the care of both physicians and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practitioners, yet there is little research on older patients' experience of these different relationships. This article addresses older breast cancer patients' seeking of concurrent care and examines patients' understandings of interactions with physicians and CAM practitioners. This is a qualitative study of a random, population-based sample of 44 older women with breast cancer who are simultaneously under the care of at least 1 physician and 1 CAM practitioner. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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