Montbriand M J
College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon.
Oncol Nurs Forum. 1994 Oct;21(9):1547-54.
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES: To present an overview of and biomedical perspective on alternate cancer therapies used by patients with cancer.
Medical, nursing, and pharmacy literature.
Two recent studies reported on patients choosing alternate care products with limited and anecdotal information obtained from the lay literature and their social group. Yet, the biomedical community has access to numerous excellent studies, documentation resources, and commentaries related to alternate therapies.
Provision of known biomedical information related to alternate therapies would provide patients with an opportunity to make informed healthcare choices.
Nurses, using information from biomedical sources, can serve as informational resources for patients with cancer making healthcare decisions.
目的/目标：概述癌症患者使用的替代癌症疗法，并从生物医学角度进行探讨。
医学、护理和药学文献。
最近的两项研究报告了患者在从通俗文献及其社会群体获得的有限且传闻性信息的基础上选择替代护理产品的情况。然而，生物医学界可以获取大量与替代疗法相关的优秀研究、文献资源和评论。
提供与替代疗法相关的已知生物医学信息将为患者提供做出明智医疗选择的机会。
护士利用生物医学来源的信息，可以成为癌症患者做出医疗决策的信息资源。
