Therapeutic pluralism : exploring the experiences of cancer patients and professionals / Alex Broom and Philip Tovey.

London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.

ix, 154 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [137]-151) and index.

The dialectical tension between individuation and depersonalisation in cancer patients' mediation of therapeutic options -- The role of the Internet in cancer patients' engagement with therapeutic options -- Integrating CAM: a comparative analysis of hospice versus hospital medicine -- Oncologists' and specialist cancer nurses' approaches to CAM and their impact on patient action -- Exploring the temporal dimension in cancer patients' experiences of non-biomedical therapeutics -- The problematic nature of conflating use and advocacy in CAM integration.