This paper reports on research conducted in a large Canadian city during 1994–1995. The
study examines the motivations of patients who choose to seek care from one of five different …

The study described in this article explored breast cancer survivors' perceptions and
experiences as they decided whether to use a variety of complementary/alternative …

Due to the natural aging processes, older people are particularly susceptible to a range of
chronic health conditions. However, despite that research has indicated that chronic health …

Background. Theory and clinical practice suggest that complementary and alternative
medicine (CAM) decisionmaking processesmaydiffer from those used in conventional …

The present study investigated the experiences of users of complementary and alternative
medicine (CAM) using a qualitative approach. In-depth interviews were conducted with 11 …

This study examines the meanings that individuals with HIV attach to their use of
complementary therapies. A qualitative analysis of 66 interviews completed between 1993 …

Black Africans are the second largest group of HIV/AIDS service users in London, UK. They
are distinguished from other patient groups by their delay in access to services and appear …

Using a descriptive survey design, 52 women living with breast cancer were interviewed to
explore their use of complementary therapy and the relationships between complementary …

We use the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) database and an expanded Anderson
model that incorporates health beliefs, including sacred worldviews as predisposing factors …

Objectives. This study examined the influence of sociodemographic, clinical, and attitudinal
variables on the use of alternative therapists by people in care for HIV. Methods. Bivariate …