Table 4 Reasons for deciding to use complementary medicine (n = 50)
Number | % | |
|---|---|---|
Disappointed that conventional treatment is not working | 5 | 10% |
Conventional treatment is too toxic or too mutilating | 5 | 10% |
Complementary medicine is more in keeping with beliefs and inner self | 10 | 20% |
Want to take control of own treatment and faith in one’s own hands | 12 | 24% |
Conventional treatment is too mechanistic/technological and lacks human touch | 1 | 2% |
Just trying everything that can help | 33 | 66% |