Indigenous beliefs about biomedical and bush medicine treatment efficacy for indigenous cancer patients: a review of the literature

摘要: Background:  Australia's Indigenous people suffer from higher cancer mortality than non-Indigenous Australians, a discrepancy partly caused by differences in beliefs about treatment efficacy between patients and their healthcare providers. This paper critically reviews the literature associated with treatment, both ‘bush medicine’ biomedical, order to provide recommendations providers accommodating when treating cancer. Methods:  A search was undertaken of peer-reviewed journal papers using electronic databases citation snowballing. Papers were selected for inclusion based upon relevance themes that addressed research questions. Results:  Literature suggests involve five themes: (i) concerns toxicity treatment; (ii) disconnect physician; (iii) fears absence home during (iv) different disease aetiology; (v) biomedical treatments failing address holistic health. Conclusions:  Although some information is known Australian healing practices few studies have ways which approaches might be integrated. Some recent work has examined role belief specifically bush medicine, but more required.