Background. There is an increasing need for a worldwide professional integration of conventional medicine and traditional/complementary whole medical systems (WMSs). However, the integration is perceived by conventional medicine as problematic or unacceptable, because of a supposed lack of evidence for …

Background: Immune-related adverse drug reactions (ADRs) to immunotherapy agents have been associated with beneficial clinical outcomes in oncology. Viscum album L. (VA, European mistletoe) is frequently used as an immunomodulatory agent alongside conventional cancer treatment in Europe. VA has been …

Background: Pancreatic cancer has a dire prognosis and is associated with a high mortality. Palliative patients have special needs and often seek help in integrative oncological concepts (IO) that combine conventional and complementary therapies. Nevertheless there are few recommendations regarding IO …

Purpose. So-called spontaneous remissions in cancer often seem to occur after febrile events. Mistletoe preparations (MPs) are used off-label intravenously to induce fever within concepts of integrative oncology. We wanted to investigate the frequency of febrile reactions and safety related to intravenously …

This special issue will look in more detail at how CIM research is addressing these key questions; what is clear is that it is time to be counted so that CIM actions can be considered on a level playing field with alternative potential ways of investing in health.

The central topic in this dissertation is the description and application of a method that can be used to investigate colour as a qualitative phenomenon, without reducing the wealth of meanings that can be experienced in the world of colour. This method should provide space for the experience of colour, …

Purpose To provide a qualitative investigation of aspects that matter to patients regarding quality of life (QOL) and other perceived treatment effects of anthroposophic healthcare (AH). It is a first step in the development of patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) for AH.Hence, it will contribute …

Dit onderzoek besteedt aandacht aan de verbetering van de bejegening binnen een dagbehandelingsgroep van Intermetzo Zonnehuizen. De bejegening op Aventurijn 2 is -op het moment van de start van het onderzoek- volgens de groepsleiders teveel gericht op negatief gedrag en is weinig afgestemd op de antroposofische …

Het Kindertherapeuticum, een tweedelijns jeugdgezondheidszorg instelling, neemt door haar visie en werkwijze een unieke plaats in binnen de Nederlandse gezondheidszorg. In dit rapport worden klantervaringen vergeleken.

In maart 2014 publiceerde ZonMw, Organisatie voor gezondheidsonderzoek en zorginnovatie, het Signalement Ontwikkeling en implementatie evidence based complementaire zorg waarin zij vaststelt dat complementaire zorg (CZ) een maatschappelijk gegeven is, maar dat nog weinig bekend is over het CZ aanbod …