Abstract
To understand the decision-making processes involved in conventional medicine and complementary medicine cancer treatment, and the role that information plays, a cross-sectional survey of cancer patients was carried out at 2 Australian cancer centres. Data was obtained from 75 cancer patients. When asked about complementary medicine use, 36 (48%) patients reported using some form of complementary medicine in conjunction with their conventional treatment. In terms of decision-making, our findings suggest that although cancer patients appear to be at different stages of decision-making for complementary medicine compared with conventional medicine, there was no difference between the decision-making process for cancer patients when it comes to utilising conventional medicine or complementary medicine: patients reported comparable high decisional self-efficacy and low decisional conflict for both areas of medicine.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 32-35 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
Keywords
- alternative medicine
- cancer
- decision making
- oncology
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