Complementary medicine and chronic illness

By Ruby Shanker Despite strides made in research and clinical practice of Western medicine to improve the management of illness trajectory, the rising utilization of complementary medicine among persons living with chronic illnesses can be baffling to clinicians. “I have so much to offer my patient. Why would they turn to complementary therapies?” Such a query requires thoughtful reflection on the living experiences of persons with chronic illnesses. Receiving a chronic illness diagnosis can be a life-altering event. Whether relating to cardiovascular, respiratory, endocrine, or autoimmune conditions, the patient experience literature describes expressions of helplessness, frustration, and loss of control. Diabetes and chronic renal failure feature prominently in patient experience discourses where the overall management tends to be described as hijacking one’s life choices. Hemodialysis

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