Background Cancer patients widely seek integrative oncology which embraces a wide variety of treatments and system approaches. Objective To investigate the concepts, therapeutic goals, procedures, and working conditions of integrative oncology doctors in the field of anthroposophic medicine. Methods This qualitative study was based on in-depth interviews with 35 highly experienced doctors worki...

Pop Art is the representative of a cultural identity that has been represented as a kind of art in the mid-twentieth century. It is based on the ordinary manifes‌tations of people’s lives, and by concentrating on media and propaganda it has become pervasive in a short time as if it is a newly emerged culture that has appeared not from the inside of community but from outside and by those sociol...

Free antiretroviral therapy (ART) has been provided through the public health system in Tanzania since 2004. The success of national ART roll out programme is premised upon collaborative efforts of health systems, communities and policy environment. However, community perceptions of ART and its implications on sexual behaviours and HIV/AIDS prevention remain largely unknown. Drawing on focus gr...

Platelet adhesion, activation, and aggregation are central to the propagation of coronary thrombosis following rupture, fissure, or erosion of an atherosclerotic plaque. This chain of deleterious events underlies the pathophysiological process leading to an acute coronary syndrome. Therefore, oral antiplatelet therapy has become the cornerstone of therapy for the management of acute coronary sy...

Art therapy has been used in inpatient hospital groups (Azima, et al. 1957; Dougherty, 1974; Patch & Refsnes, 1968; Sinrod, 1964) standard therapy groups, and college counseling programs (Baruch & Miller, 1951; Darley, et al., 1952; Denny & Fagan, 1970; Potts, 1956; Seeman, 1968; Wolff, 1975.) However, to our knowledge, there have been no reports of art therapy groups used as the basic treatmen...

Use of ECT is declining in the UK. In 1985 there were 137 940 administrations through English National Health Service (NHS) health authorities (http://www.doh. gov.uk/public/ect_bull99.htm). In 1991 this figure had fallen to 105 466. The annual number of treatments fell even further by 1999 to an estimated 65 930, equivalent to 5.8 patients per 100 000 total population. Between 1992 and 1997, t...

Thepurpose of this investigationwas to explore someof themain issues springing from the computerized assessment of art-based instruments (CAABI). The results indicated that therewere opposing viewpoints, limitations, and solutions regarding the limitations. Many art therapists believe that this technology will supplant their own expertise in assessment (Hartwich & Brandecker, 1997; Kim, Ryu, Hw...

Overwhelming evidence exists that thrombus generation resulting from platelet activation and aggregation is the primary process involved in the occurrence of the myocardial infarction and stent thrombosis. Despite the proven clinical efficacy of dual antiplatelet therapy, wide antiplatelet response variability associated with clopidogrel therapy was demonstrated in pharmacodynamic studies where...

Because sexual abuse is a recurring problem in our culture, it is likely that counselors and educators will encounter people who have been victimized by this type of abuse. Although there are a variety of therapeutic approaches for working with survivors, art therapy is one that may be less threatening. The purpose of this pilot study was to determine the effectiveness of art therapy in raising...