Men with Prostate Cancer: Making Decisions about Complementary/Alternative Medicine:

摘要: Purpose. The purpose ofthis study was to explore prostate cancer patients’ perceptions, feelings, ideas, and experiences regarding making decisions use (or not use) complementary/alternative medicine (CAM). Methods. Five focus groups were conducted with 29 men diagnosed cancer. Content analysis ofthe verbatim transcripts used identify key themes in the data. Findings. Decision about CAM treatments appears depend on both fixed (e.g., disease characteristics, demographic medical history) flexible perceptions of conventional-medicine, health care system practitioners, need for control or action) decision factors. Conclusions. participants this appeared more likely be “pushed” toward using by negative than “pulled” its safety congruence their beliefs ill...