We and They in the House of Healing: Debate Among Arab Complementary Medicine Practitioners on an Integrative Versus Alternative Approach to Supportive Cancer Care

Conclusions. The majority of Arab CTM therapists support integration of their treatments with the conventional system, but in practice, they are not sure how to bring about this change or create a parallel model in which 2 different systems are active, but not integrated. Our findings emphasized the need to promote doctor–CTM practitioner communication based on structured referral and bidirectional consultation. Moreover, we recommend intensifying research on the efficacy and safety of CTM in the Middle East and the potential role in promoting culture-based supportive care.
Source: Integrative Cancer Therapies - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Tags: Articles Source Type: research