What is it about?
Asthma patients' are wary of negative side-effects of prescribed medicine which they suspect are downplayed by doctors and pharmaceutical industry. The patients' attitudes to alternative treatments, including Chinese Traditional Medicine, acupuncture, Ayuverdic, homeopathic, etc. are also explored.
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Why is it important?
Asthma patients' are wary of negative side-effects of prescribed medicine which they suspect are downplayed by doctors and pharmaceutical industry. The patients' attitudes to alternative treatments, including Chinese Traditional Medicine, acupuncture, Ayuverdic, homeopathic, etc. are also explored.
Perspectives
Patients seem to be more aware of the risks of prescribed 'Western' medicine than doctors. efficiency of alternative is not proven though
Dr Helen Kopnina
Northumbria University
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This page is a summary of: Necessary alternatives: patients’ views of asthma treatment, Patient Preference and Adherence, June 2010, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.2147/ppa.s10870.
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