Families of Patients With Cancer: Responses and Actions to People With Cancer Who Use Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Wang, Shouyu; Chuang, Yeu-Hui; Jufen, Liu; Chang, Yajie

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“…This result confirms the need to include family members/caregivers in care planning to insert TCIM effectively and safely. A recent study to investigate how Taiwanese families of people with cancer react regarding complementary and alternative medicine use highlighted cases in which family members/caregivers do not share the same view of people with cancer regarding TCIM, making communication not effective (41).…”

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Care Management in Scientific Production in Integrative Oncology in Latin America: An Integrative Review

Viana,

Nunes,

Ferreira

et al. 2023

Aquichan

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Introduction: Including traditional, complementary and integrative medicines in national health systems is a point of discussion worldwide. This article focuses on the theme within the scope of oncology in Latin America. Objective: To analyze the health care management dimensions included in scientific production in integrative oncology in Latin America. Materials and method: This is an integrative literature review carried out in the LILACS, Mosaico, IBECS, PubMed and Embase databases, whose guiding question was prepared according to The PRISMA 2020 Statement recommendations. The search occurred by the association of free terms related to the descriptors “Integrative Oncology,” “Complementary Therapies,” “Health Care,” “Care Management,” and “Countries That Make Up Latin America”. Data were interpreted from the conceptual perspective of health care management dimensions. Results: The study selection process identified 206 studies. The final sample was made up of eight articles available online in full, published between 2017 and 2022 in Portuguese, Spanish or English. Articles were developed in Brazil (n = 4), Chile, Colombia, Peru, and Uruguay (n = 1, respectively). There was a predominance of the individual health care management dimension as the focus of analyzed studies. The “professional,” “family,” “societal,” and “organizational” dimensions were presented in the discussion of results. Conclusions: Despite the insufficiency of studies, analysis of interdependence between dimensions indicates the complexity of the management process for integrating traditional, complementary and integrative medicine in oncological care in Latin America, which suggests an epistemology in the construction process.

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Care Management in Scientific Production in Integrative Oncology in Latin America: An Integrative Review

Viana,

Nunes,

Ferreira

et al. 2023

Aquichan

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The decision‐making process of palliative care among male caregivers of chronically ill patients‐A grounded theory study

Wang,

Lee,

Sun

et al. 2024

Int J of Nursing Practice

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BackgroundFamily caregivers have a vital role to play in palliative care for chronically ill patients. In Taiwan, caregiver demographics are evolving, with the number of male caregivers increasing. Gender differences influence psychosocial behaviours, thought processes and communication styles. In healthcare, acknowledgement of gender differences facilitates effective delivery of high‐quality care.AimThe aim of this study is to explore male caregivers' decision‐making process for palliative care for chronically ill family members.MethodsThis study employed grounded theory to generate a substantive theory of male caregivers' decision‐making process for palliative care for chronically ill family members. We recruited 22 male participants from three inner‐city teaching hospitals in Taiwan.FindingsRegarding the decision‐making process of palliative care of chronic ill family, where male caregivers do not want their loved ones suffering anymore, the male caregivers' decision‐making process was impacted, first, by caregivers' views on the last stage of life; second, by their wish for good care during the end of life; and third, by their conviction that the patients' wishes should be respected. Furthermore, caregivers' philosophy of life and death is also a supportive ground for decision‐making. This philosophy was influenced by their education in palliative care, financial status and religious beliefs and practices. The core category emerging from this study is encapsulated by a participant's assertion, ‘How difficult is it? There are no male and female differences’.ConclusionWe found that palliative care experiences of male caregivers are important for the decision‐making process for palliative care for their chronically ill family members. Caregivers want their loved ones to receive good care as the last step in life, to respect their wishes and no more suffering for the patient. Therefore, health professionals should be familiar with the palliative care process that caregivers go through to offer updated information when needed.

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Families of Patients With Cancer: Responses and Actions to People With Cancer Who Use Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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Care Management in Scientific Production in Integrative Oncology in Latin America: An Integrative Review

Care Management in Scientific Production in Integrative Oncology in Latin America: An Integrative Review

The decision‐making process of palliative care among male caregivers of chronically ill patients‐A grounded theory study

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