Megan J Yu, Kathryn Hawk
Resident attitudes, experiences, and preferences on initiating buprenorphine in the emergency department: A national survey
AEM education and training
last 30 years nonpharmacological treatment ear acupuncture including national acupuncture detoxification association nada acupuncture become popular western society relieve cancerrelated symptoms study aim explore whether nada acupuncture plays role relieving suffering experienced patients hospitalized specialized palliative care ward family caregivers whether contributes coping skills qualitative study hermeneutic approach utilizing inductive thematic content analysis purposeful sampling took place specialized palliative care ward denmark data collected semistructured interviews patients family caregivers either individual family interviews total 10 patients 15 family caregivers participated interviews four themes emerged 1 communication treatment nada acupuncture 2 relief suffering generates extra energy inner strength 3 sharing experience family beneficial 4 physical psychological effects receiving nada acupuncture patients palliative care family caregivers experienced relief suffering receiving nada acupuncture well improved wellbeing extra energy inner strength cope life situation ability share nada acupuncture gave family caregivers feeling cared contributed feelings fellowship togetherness within family strengthening ability communicate cope