2018
DOI: 10.1177/1534735418801533
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Patient Journeys of Nonintegration in Hungary: A Qualitative Study of Possible Reasons for Considering Medical Modalities as Mutually Exclusive

Abstract: Introduction: Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use has been increasing in the past decades in tandem with changes regarding the notions of health and illness. Comparing conventional medicine (CM) and CAM in how they address health problems has been a point of focus for both the health sciences and individuals dealing with health problems. Various social, cultural, political, economic, and personal factors play a role in whether different health approaches are integrated or not when addressing illne… Show more

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“…Natural therapies are conceptualized as harmless and drawing on the body's "self-healing" mechanisms; these therapies are usually equated with herbal, folk or traditional medicine 47 . With a preference for the natural in mind, pharmaceuticals may be seen as "chemicals" to be avoided 45,48 .…”
Section: Factors Underlying Cam Usementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Natural therapies are conceptualized as harmless and drawing on the body's "self-healing" mechanisms; these therapies are usually equated with herbal, folk or traditional medicine 47 . With a preference for the natural in mind, pharmaceuticals may be seen as "chemicals" to be avoided 45,48 .…”
Section: Factors Underlying Cam Usementioning
confidence: 99%
“…The scrutiny of CAM use is clinically significant, as, from a biomedical point of view, it often indicates patient non-compliance and non-adherence. Discontinuing the recommended biomedical treatment may occur in an a priori (refusal to undergo treatment) or a posteriori (discontinuing the treatment) manner (14). Refusal to undergo biomedical treatment or its discontinuation concerning life-threatening illness is often difficult to understand from a physician's perspective.…”
Section: Research Topic and Relevancementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Although CAM use in many cases does not endanger the patient, there are instances when nonconventional therapy employed as alternative treatment does signify a hazard. CAM users are at a higher risk of foregoing recommended biomedical treatment either in an a priori (refusal to undergo treatment) or a posteriori (discontinuing the treatment) manner (Zörgő & Olivas Hernández, 2018). Refusal to undergo or electing to discontinue biomedical treatment when faced with life-threatening illness poses threats to patient safety, as do potentially dangerous interactions among biomedical and CAM therapies (Huiart, Bouhnik, Rey, Rousseau, & Retornaz, 2013;Seely & Oneschuk, 2008).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Psychologization, as a "cultural mega-trend" in Western countries (Good & Delvecchio Good, 1980;Mikaelsson, 2013) is regularly associated with CAM use, not just with regard to psychosocial etiology, but also because CAM users may conceptualize health as the transformation of the Self through illness (Frank, 1993;Thompson, 2003;Thorne et al, 2002), for which many CAM modalities offer frames of reference. Pharmaceuticals and biomedical procedures may be seen by the CAM user as inadequate treatment for somatic ailments that are "in reality" caused by psychosocial problems (Zörgő & Olivas Hernández, 2018).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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