Table 4 Patients’ reasons for deciding to use CAM
Reason | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Disappointed that conventional treatment was not working | 8 | 42.1 |
Conventional treatment too toxic or damaging | 2 | 10.5 |
CAM more in keeping with beliefs and inner self | 5 | 26.3 |
Finding conventional treatment too mechanistic/technological and lacks human touch | 1 | 5.3 |
Just trying everything that can help | 5 | 26.3 |
Conventional treatment too expensive | 14 | 73.3 |