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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-10-7
pubmed:abstractText
The motivations of cancer patients in seeking complementary therapies are, fundamentally, self-healing motivations which, when engaged appropriately, can contribute to the patient's psychological and physical well being. In this paper, we apply a theoretical model, the Risk Adaptation Model, to furthering the clinical understanding of the motivations of cancer patients in seeking complementary therapies. The model identifies six discrete cognitive processes which, in combination, are hypothesized to play a central role in therapy seeking. Emphasis in this model is placed on the patient's need to maintain positive expectancies (optimism) when faced with the risk and uncertainty of cancer. This understanding of complementary-therapy seeking is grounded in the perspective that clinicians must respect the autonomy of cancer patients in their quest for appropriate therapies, and assist rather than direct their process of therapy-seeking.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
N
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0738-3991
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
38
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
161-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14560712-Adaptation, Psychological, pubmed-meshheading:14560712-Attitude of Health Personnel, pubmed-meshheading:14560712-Cognition, pubmed-meshheading:14560712-Complementary Therapies, pubmed-meshheading:14560712-Counseling, pubmed-meshheading:14560712-Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, pubmed-meshheading:14560712-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:14560712-Models, Psychological, pubmed-meshheading:14560712-Motivation, pubmed-meshheading:14560712-Needs Assessment, pubmed-meshheading:14560712-Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:14560712-Patient Acceptance of Health Care, pubmed-meshheading:14560712-Patient Advocacy, pubmed-meshheading:14560712-Patient Education as Topic, pubmed-meshheading:14560712-Personal Autonomy, pubmed-meshheading:14560712-Psychotherapy, pubmed-meshheading:14560712-Questionnaires, pubmed-meshheading:14560712-Self Efficacy, pubmed-meshheading:14560712-Social Support, pubmed-meshheading:14560712-Uncertainty
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
The patient's motivation in seeking complementary therapies.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Preventive Oncology, Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review