Adler Shelley R, Wrubel Judith, Hughes Ellen, Beinfield Harriet
Department of Family and Community Medicine & Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
Integr Cancer Ther. 2009 Mar;8(1):63-70. doi: 10.1177/1534735408329410. Epub 2009 Jan 15.
Older patients are more likely than ever to be under the care of both physicians and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practitioners, yet there is little research on older patients' experience of these different relationships. This article addresses older breast cancer patients' seeking of concurrent care and examines patients' understandings of interactions with physicians and CAM practitioners. This is a qualitative study of a random, population-based sample of 44 older women with breast cancer who are simultaneously under the care of at least 1 physician and 1 CAM practitioner.
与以往相比,老年患者更有可能同时接受医生以及补充和替代医学(CAM)从业者的治疗,然而,针对老年患者在这些不同医患关系中的体验的研究却很少。本文探讨了老年乳腺癌患者寻求同时接受两种治疗的情况,并研究了患者对与医生及补充和替代医学从业者互动的理解。这是一项定性研究,随机选取了44名患有乳腺癌的老年女性作为基于人群的样本,这些患者同时接受至少一名医生和一名补充和替代医学从业者的治疗。