Gayle V; International Society of Technology Assessment in Health Care. Meeting.
Annu Meet Int Soc Technol Assess Health Care Int Soc Technol Assess Health Care Meet. 1995; 11: Abstract No. 151.
Department of Applied Social Science, University of Stirling, Scotland.
This paper explores issues surrounding the quality of life and its enhancement via complimentary therapy through a case study of the Odyssey program. This program is a residentially based project that is experimenting with the use of outdoor oriented adventure pursuits as a complimentary form of therapy for people with cancer. Such an approach is revolutionary and is an iconoclastic departure in the area of complimentary therapy. Through the detailed examination of indepth case study material the paper looks at the effects that being diagnosed as having cancer had on a group of individuals' quality of life. It then maps the effects of subsequent conventional treatments on this group of individuals' quality of life and evaluates the effects that participation in the program had on their quality of life. The case study material is used to analyze the propriety of the program for enhancing the immediate quality of life of an individual with cancer. The program's fecundity in contributing to the quality of an individual's life in the longer term is also assessed.
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Keywords:
- Exercise
- Exercise Therapy
- Hospice Care
- Interpersonal Relations
- Life
- Music Therapy
- Neoplasms
- Quality of Life
- Sports
- rehabilitation
- therapy
- utilization
- hsrmtgs
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UI: 102215878
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