Abstract
Purpose In the Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Herdecke (GKH) children and adolescents with cancer are routinely treated with integrative medicine approaches. In addition to guideline-based conventional treatment a multimodal therapy concept is applied which includes anthroposophic pharmacotherapy (particularly mistletoe extracts) and non-pharmacologic therapies (e.g. art-therapies, external embrocations, eurythmy therapy). We analysed the recalled satisfaction of parents of children treated for cancer in the centre for integrative pediatric oncology at GKH from 1999 to 2008.
Highlights
In the Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Herdecke (GKH) children and adolescents with cancer are routinely treated with integrative medicine approaches
We analysed the recalled satisfaction of parents of children treated for cancer in the centre for integrative pediatric oncology at GKH from 1999 to 2008
Mistletoe extracts were used in 57 children (84%); they were tolerated well by 51 children (90%), while 23% of the parents reported side effects
Summary
In the Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Herdecke (GKH) children and adolescents with cancer are routinely treated with integrative medicine approaches. Parents’ satisfaction in a department of integrative pediatric oncology: a ten year experience A Laengler1*, R Seiler2, A Buessing2, T Ostermann2, G Kameda1, P Heusser2 From International Research Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health 2012 Portland, Oregon, USA.
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