Alternative health care sneaking in through the back door

The aim of this study is to investigate complementary and alternative health services (CAHS) in relation to official health services (OHS) in Iceland. For this purpose, interviews and participant observation to explore nurses’ experience of working with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) w...

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Main Author: Guðmundsson, Sveinn
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Icelandic
Published: School of Social Sciences 2022
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spelling fticelandunivojs:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/3866 2024-01-07T09:44:09+01:00 Alternative health care sneaking in through the back door Óhefðbundin heilbrigðisþjónusta „að læðast inn bakdyramegin“ Guðmundsson, Sveinn 2022-01-20 application/pdf https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/tf/article/view/3866 isl ice School of Social Sciences https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/tf/article/view/3866/2442 https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/tf/article/view/3866 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 The Icelandic Society; Vol. 13 No. 1 (2022): Issue of 2022; 3-16 Íslenska þjóðfélagið; Bnd. 13 Nr. 1 (2022): Árshefti 2022; 3-16 Óhefðbundnar lækningar Viðbótarmeðferð Hjúkrun Heilbrigðiskerfið Mannfræði Heildræn heilsa Alternative medicine Complementary therapies Nursing Healthcare system Anthropology Holistic health info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Ritrýnd grein 2022 fticelandunivojs 2023-12-13T23:55:06Z The aim of this study is to investigate complementary and alternative health services (CAHS) in relation to official health services (OHS) in Iceland. For this purpose, interviews and participant observation to explore nurses’ experience of working with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) were used. Despite the lack of an official policy on the use of CAM within health institutions, some health professionals in Iceland have found a place for them in their practice. The respondents demonstrate a great interest in CAM and use it in various ways. If their workplace is positive toward CAM therapies, some of them try to practice it there. If CAM therapies are not positively received, the nurses feel they must hide their interest in the therapies or practice them outside of the official health care system. All the nurses in the study mentioned a lack of policy and research on CAM and want to see more cooperation between OHS and CAHS. The state of affairs in these matters is that neither plural nor integrated medicine reigns. Iceland is therefore in an intermediary state. Co-operation is ongoing in some ways, but not in others. Í þessari grein verður greint frá rannsókn á stöðu óhefðbundinnar heilbrigðisþjónustu í tengslum við opinbera heilbrigðisþjónustu á Íslandi. Rannsóknin var unnin m.a. með viðtölum við hjúkrunarfræðinga og þátttökuathugunum þar sem litið er til reynslu hjúkrunarfræðinga af því að vinna með óhefðbundnar eða viðbótarmeðferðir. Þrátt fyrir skort á opinberri stefnu um notkun óhefðbundinna og viðbótarmeðferða á heilbrigðisstofnunum hefur hluti íslenskra heilbrigðisstarfsmanna fundið þeim stað í starfi sínu. Helstu niðurstöður rannsóknarinnar benda til þess að hjúkrunarfræðingarnir í rannsókninni sýni óhefðbundnum og viðbótar[1]meðferðum talsverðan áhuga og noti þær á ýmsa vegu. Ef vinnustaður þeirra er jákvæður í garð meðferðanna reyna sumir hjúkrunarfræðinganna að beita þeim þar. Ef svo er ekki finnst hjúkrunarfræðingunum þeir þurfa að leyna áhuga sínum á þeim og/eða vinna á eigin vegum ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland University of Iceland: Peer Reviewed Journals
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language Icelandic
topic Óhefðbundnar lækningar
Viðbótarmeðferð
Hjúkrun
Heilbrigðiskerfið
Mannfræði
Heildræn heilsa
Alternative medicine
Complementary therapies
Nursing
Healthcare system
Anthropology
Holistic health
spellingShingle Óhefðbundnar lækningar
Viðbótarmeðferð
Hjúkrun
Heilbrigðiskerfið
Mannfræði
Heildræn heilsa
Alternative medicine
Complementary therapies
Nursing
Healthcare system
Anthropology
Holistic health
Guðmundsson, Sveinn
Alternative health care sneaking in through the back door
topic_facet Óhefðbundnar lækningar
Viðbótarmeðferð
Hjúkrun
Heilbrigðiskerfið
Mannfræði
Heildræn heilsa
Alternative medicine
Complementary therapies
Nursing
Healthcare system
Anthropology
Holistic health
description The aim of this study is to investigate complementary and alternative health services (CAHS) in relation to official health services (OHS) in Iceland. For this purpose, interviews and participant observation to explore nurses’ experience of working with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) were used. Despite the lack of an official policy on the use of CAM within health institutions, some health professionals in Iceland have found a place for them in their practice. The respondents demonstrate a great interest in CAM and use it in various ways. If their workplace is positive toward CAM therapies, some of them try to practice it there. If CAM therapies are not positively received, the nurses feel they must hide their interest in the therapies or practice them outside of the official health care system. All the nurses in the study mentioned a lack of policy and research on CAM and want to see more cooperation between OHS and CAHS. The state of affairs in these matters is that neither plural nor integrated medicine reigns. Iceland is therefore in an intermediary state. Co-operation is ongoing in some ways, but not in others. Í þessari grein verður greint frá rannsókn á stöðu óhefðbundinnar heilbrigðisþjónustu í tengslum við opinbera heilbrigðisþjónustu á Íslandi. Rannsóknin var unnin m.a. með viðtölum við hjúkrunarfræðinga og þátttökuathugunum þar sem litið er til reynslu hjúkrunarfræðinga af því að vinna með óhefðbundnar eða viðbótarmeðferðir. Þrátt fyrir skort á opinberri stefnu um notkun óhefðbundinna og viðbótarmeðferða á heilbrigðisstofnunum hefur hluti íslenskra heilbrigðisstarfsmanna fundið þeim stað í starfi sínu. Helstu niðurstöður rannsóknarinnar benda til þess að hjúkrunarfræðingarnir í rannsókninni sýni óhefðbundnum og viðbótar[1]meðferðum talsverðan áhuga og noti þær á ýmsa vegu. Ef vinnustaður þeirra er jákvæður í garð meðferðanna reyna sumir hjúkrunarfræðinganna að beita þeim þar. Ef svo er ekki finnst hjúkrunarfræðingunum þeir þurfa að leyna áhuga sínum á þeim og/eða vinna á eigin vegum ...
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author Guðmundsson, Sveinn
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author_sort Guðmundsson, Sveinn
title Alternative health care sneaking in through the back door
title_short Alternative health care sneaking in through the back door
title_full Alternative health care sneaking in through the back door
title_fullStr Alternative health care sneaking in through the back door
title_full_unstemmed Alternative health care sneaking in through the back door
title_sort alternative health care sneaking in through the back door
publisher School of Social Sciences
publishDate 2022
url https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/tf/article/view/3866
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op_source The Icelandic Society; Vol. 13 No. 1 (2022): Issue of 2022; 3-16
Íslenska þjóðfélagið; Bnd. 13 Nr. 1 (2022): Árshefti 2022; 3-16
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