Nurses' attitudes to the use of alternative medicine in cancer patients
(1998) In Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences 12(2). p.119-126- Abstract
This study reports results from a questionnaire study on nurses' attitudes to and experiences with alternative medicine, especially related to cancer patients' use of alternative medicine. Sixty nurses from a department of oncology and haematology participated in the study. The response rate was 62%. The nurses primarily perceived the use of alternative medicine as an individual choice which the nurses wanted to support. Sixty-three percent of the nurses indicated that alternative medicine could be useful in the treatment of cancer patients, 32% would sometimes suggest alternative medicine to the patients, and 20% used alternative medicine in their nursing. One-third of the nurses had experienced conflict in connection with alternative... (More)
This study reports results from a questionnaire study on nurses' attitudes to and experiences with alternative medicine, especially related to cancer patients' use of alternative medicine. Sixty nurses from a department of oncology and haematology participated in the study. The response rate was 62%. The nurses primarily perceived the use of alternative medicine as an individual choice which the nurses wanted to support. Sixty-three percent of the nurses indicated that alternative medicine could be useful in the treatment of cancer patients, 32% would sometimes suggest alternative medicine to the patients, and 20% used alternative medicine in their nursing. One-third of the nurses had experienced conflict in connection with alternative medicine and their patients, mostly when established treatment was delayed or refused in favour of alternative medicine. Fifty-three percent of the nurses had tried alternative medicine themselves. This study reveals that nurses are in an ambiguous and complex situation: they are simultaneously professionals in the established health care system, caregivers supporting the patients, and individuals using alternative medicine.
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- author
- Damkier, Anette ; Elverdam, Beth ; Glasdam, Stinne LU ; Jensen, Anders Bonde and Rose, Carsten LU
- publishing date
- 1998
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- keywords
- Alternative medicine, Attitudes, Nurses
- in
- Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
- volume
- 12
- issue
- 2
- pages
- 8 pages
- publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- external identifiers
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- scopus:0031809459
- pmid:9801633
- ISSN
- 0283-9318
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1471-6712.1998.tb00485.x
- language
- English
- LU publication?
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- 6c7f2a8d-d4e8-4550-ae0b-6d2405ef7489
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- 2017-01-26 10:39:45
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abstract = {{<p>This study reports results from a questionnaire study on nurses' attitudes to and experiences with alternative medicine, especially related to cancer patients' use of alternative medicine. Sixty nurses from a department of oncology and haematology participated in the study. The response rate was 62%. The nurses primarily perceived the use of alternative medicine as an individual choice which the nurses wanted to support. Sixty-three percent of the nurses indicated that alternative medicine could be useful in the treatment of cancer patients, 32% would sometimes suggest alternative medicine to the patients, and 20% used alternative medicine in their nursing. One-third of the nurses had experienced conflict in connection with alternative medicine and their patients, mostly when established treatment was delayed or refused in favour of alternative medicine. Fifty-three percent of the nurses had tried alternative medicine themselves. This study reveals that nurses are in an ambiguous and complex situation: they are simultaneously professionals in the established health care system, caregivers supporting the patients, and individuals using alternative medicine.</p>}},
author = {{Damkier, Anette and Elverdam, Beth and Glasdam, Stinne and Jensen, Anders Bonde and Rose, Carsten}},
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series = {{Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences}},
title = {{Nurses' attitudes to the use of alternative medicine in cancer patients}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-6712.1998.tb00485.x}},
doi = {{10.1111/j.1471-6712.1998.tb00485.x}},
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