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Therapeutic Pluralism: Exploring the Experiences of Cancer Patients and Professionals book cover

1st Edition

Therapeutic Pluralism Exploring the Experiences of Cancer Patients and Professionals

By Alex Broom, Philip Tovey Copyright 2008
168 Pages
by Routledge

168 Pages
by Routledge

168 Pages
by Routledge
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The profile of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has risen dramatically over the last decade and cancer patients represent its most prolific users. As a result, the NHS and UK cancer services are attempting to develop a wider range of therapeutic options for patients. Despite such developments, little is known about why cancer patients use CAM, its perceived benefits and the... Read more

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter 1: The dialectical tension between individuation and depersonalisation in cancer patients’ mediation of therapeutic options

Chapter 2: The role of the Internet in cancer patients’ engagement with therapeutic options

Chapter 3: Integrating CAM: A comparative analysis of hospice versus hospital medicine

Chapter 4: Oncologists’ and specialist cancer nurses’ approaches to CAM and their impact on patient action

Chapter 5: Exploring the temporal dimension in cancer patients’ experiences of non-biomedical therapeutics

Chapter 6: The problematic nature of conflating use and advocacy in CAM integration

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

 

Biography

Alex Broom is a Lecturer in Health Sociology at the University of Newcastle, Australia.

Philip Tovey is a Reader in Health Sociology at the School of Healthcare, University of Leeds, UK.

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