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Eran Ben-Arye¹, Elad Schiff, Ofra Golan

¹Complementary and Traditional Medicine Unit, Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Clalit Health Services, 6 Hashahaf Street, Haifa 35013, Israel. eranben@netvision.net.il

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Integrative oncology offers holistic patient care but presents ethical dilemmas. This study uses narrative ethics to explore these challenges and proposes a framework to improve communication.

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Area of Science:

Oncology
Medical Ethics
Integrative Medicine

Background:

Integrative oncology combines conventional medicine with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for patient-centered care.
This approach requires collaboration between oncologists, CAM scholars, and healthcare providers.
Ethical considerations arise from integrating diverse medical philosophies and ensuring evidence-based practices.

Observation:

A case study illustrates the ethical challenges faced by healthcare providers offering integrative oncology.
Narrative ethics are employed to analyze the complexities of patient care in this setting.
Ethical conflicts emerge from balancing holistic care with scientific rigor.

Findings:

The case study highlights specific ethical dilemmas encountered in integrative oncology practice.
Analysis clarifies the nature of ethical issues and conflicts within the presented narrative.
A framework is proposed to address ethical constraints and enhance communication.

Implications:

The proposed framework can transform ethical challenges into opportunities for improved patient-provider communication.
Understanding these ethical dynamics is crucial for advancing integrative oncology.
This work contributes to developing ethical guidelines for holistic cancer care.