就草药医学为癌症患者提供咨询。

Counseling cancer patients about herbal medicine.

作者信息

Smith M, Boon H S

机构信息

Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine, 2300 Yonge Street, 18th Floor, Box 2431, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4P 1E4.

出版信息

Patient Educ Couns. 1999 Oct;38(2):109-20. doi: 10.1016/s0738-3991(99)00058-0.

DOI:10.1016/s0738-3991(99)00058-0

PMID:14528703

Abstract

More than half of all cancer patients now use some form of complementary/alternative medicine, yet the majority of these patients do not disclose this use to their physicians. Health care practitioners need to educate themselves about the complementary/alternative medicine products their patients are using. Eight herbal products (astragalus, essiac, Asian ginseng, Siberian ginseng, green tea, garlic, Hoxsey formula and iscador) commonly used by cancer patients are reviewed here and a list of recommended reference texts is provided. In addition, health care providers are encouraged to initiate discussions about complementary/alternative products and therapies with their patients so that they may help them make safe and informed decisions about these products. Not knowing what patients are taking is definitely a less desirable option.

摘要

现在超过一半的癌症患者使用某种形式的补充和替代医学，但这些患者中的大多数并未向他们的医生透露这种使用情况。医疗从业者需要自行了解其患者正在使用的补充和替代医学产品。本文综述了癌症患者常用的八种草药产品（黄芪、Essiac、亚洲人参、西伯利亚人参、绿茶、大蒜、霍克西配方和伊斯卡多），并提供了推荐参考文献列表。此外，鼓励医疗服务提供者与患者就补充和替代产品及疗法展开讨论，以便帮助他们对这些产品做出安全且明智的决定。对患者正在服用什么一无所知绝对是个更不可取的选择。