ISSN 1538-1080
Fifteen weeks ago I returned to my fourth year of medical school from a years leave of absence during which I worked full-time as Director of Student Programming for the American Medical Student Association (AMSA). I carried many fears with me upon my return. My baggage was by no means light. I feared watching myself
Col. Rees Ryder Stevens has been a chaplain with the US Army for twenty-two years. Sarajevo, Bosnia, was the center of fierce fighting between the Croats and the Serbs in the early 1990s. Some religious leaders fueled the hate and made religion part of the problem. Now, in December 2000, I had to meet with
This qualitative study focused on chronic illness as a transformative mechanism to a more authentic self. Through grounded theory analysis, taped interviews with 8 subjects were coded for process, and 10 components were found to be associated with the central category, transformation to a more authentic self.
A survey estimating the prevalence and factors affecting the use of complementary therapy by adult cancer patients and their physicians perspectives, in Newfoundland, Canada. Objectives: Prevalence, characteristics and correlations of complementary therapy (CT) use among adult cancer patients in Newfoundland, and reaction of their physicians towards their CT use.