COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

Complementary And Alternative Medicine: Awareness And Perceptions Of Physicians And Nurses Who Provide Systemic Lupus Care

Abstract

There has been an explosion of literature on the attitudes of a variety of health care providers? particularly physicians? to the growing utilization of complementary and alternative medicines and modalities (CAM). What is most seriously lacking is a conceptual framework that helps to distill this mountain of literature into a manageable and more understandable amount. In this paper? we address these important issues by examining the literature that surveys the attitudes and behaviour of providers regarding CAM comparatively across the professions of medicine and nursing and across settings. We do so by drawing upon existing? more general theoretical contributions to the area of CAM in order to propose a comparative conceptual framework with which to interpret the diverse and at times discrepant results of this body of research.

Table of Contents

Abstract2

Introduction4

Background of the problem5

Introduction to Complementary alternate medicine6

Nature of the study6

Research Question8

Research Objectives8

Purpose of the Study8

Allopathic9

Awareness9

Conceptual Framework9

Factors leveraging provider outlooks and behaviour10

The dispute to recognise patterns and explanations13

Slippage between assesses of outlooks versus behaviour17

Summary of limitations and challenges19

Theoretical main headings from the sociological literature19

A conceptual structure of wellbeing care providers attitudes/behaviours considering CAM23

Practitioner factors24

Patient-related factors25

CAM modality factors27

Structural factors28

Contextual influences29

Practitioner decision: the model's outcome31

Conclusion32

References35

Complementary And Alternative Medicine: Awareness And Perceptions Of Physicians And Nurses Who Provide Systemic Lupus Care

Introduction

We have seen an blast of publications pertaining to the mind-set and behaviours of a kind of wellbeing care providers? especially physicians? to the growing utilization of complementary and alternate medicines and modalities (CAM) (e.g.? Astin? Marie? Pelletier? Hansen? & White? 1995; Furnham & Vincent? 2000; Rees & Weil? 2001; Vickers? 2001). What this body of publications discloses is a marvellous diversity in the components that leverage practitioners' outlooks and behaviours? so much so? that drawing any deductions is all but precluded (Astin et al.? 1998; Botting & Cook? 2000; Ernst et al.? 1995). The huge most of this publications? although? tends to be descriptive? even that which systematically examines providers' mind-set and behaviours; really? much of it entails attitudes and editorials from providers involved in the theme sufficient to compose a part for their very well liked journal. Further? a considerable degree of slippage lives between mind-set and behaviours? whereby an conveyed affirmative or contradictory mind-set does not effortlessly equate with positively or contrary oriented expert demeanour in the direction of CAM? respectively. It is furthermore tough to consider? granted the kind of assesses utilised over districts? as well as the hefty reliance on non-standardized review questionnaires? what anecdotes for this slippage. In general? there is a paucity of study that compares this topic over regions?1 that has utilized qualitative procedures for larger deepness of analysis?2 and even less that sketches upon any sort of theoretical perspective.3 What is most gravely needing is a conceptual structure that assists to distill this hill of publications into a manageable and more understandable “mole hill”.

 

Background of the problem

All of the investigations reconsidered for this paper concentrated on practitioners' ...