From: Classifying knowledge used in complementary medicine consultations: a qualitative systematic review
Study no. | Author/s (year) | Country | Title of paper | Type of CM practice | Sources of knowledge | Use of knowledge | Study method | Paper quality score |
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1 | Bolton, J. (2000) [19] | USA | Trust and the healing encounter: an examination of an unorthodox healing performance | chiropractic; applied kinesiology | Practice wisdom, patient’s bodies, biomedicine, traditional knowledge | Diagnose and treat, legitimise | Ethnographic case study, observation | 12 |
2 | Chant, B. et al. (2017) [20] | Japan | Beliefs and values in Japanese acupuncture: an ethnography of Japanese trained acupuncture practitioners in Japan | acupuncture | Patients’ narratives, formal education and training, traditional knowledge | Diagnose and treat | Qualitative ethnography | 23 |
3 | Chatwin, J. (2012) [21] | UK | Damning with faint praise: how homoeopaths talk about conventional medicine with their patients | homeopathy | Biomedicine, patients’ narratives, traditional knowledge | Legitimise | Conversation analysis | 20 |
Chatwin, J. (2008) [22] | Pre-empting ‘trouble’ in the homoeopathic consultation | 18 | ||||||
4 | Ciocanel, A. (2016) [23] | Romania | “A remedy that suits me”: Classification of people and individualization in homeopathic prescribing | homeopathy | Patients’ bodies, traditional knowledge, research evidence | Diagnose and treat, legitimise | Qualitative, ethnography, textual analysis | 12 |
5 | Eyles, C., Leydon, G. M. & Brien, S. B. (2012) [24] | UK | Forming connections in the homeopathic consultation | homeopathy | Practice wisdom, patients’ narratives, biomedicine, intuition | Relate, diagnose and treat, legitimise | Qualitative, data collected via interviews, observations and practitioner diaries, grounded theory | 29 |
Eyles, C. et al. (2011) [25] | A grounded theory study of homeopathic practitioners’ perceptions and experiences of the homeopathic consultation | 26 | ||||||
6 | Fortune, L. D. & Hymel, G. M. (2015) [26] | USA | Creating integrative work: a qualitative study of how massage therapists work with existing clients | massage therapy | Practice wisdom, intuition, biomedicine, formal education and training, patients’ narratives | Relate, diagnose and treat | Qualitative, ethnomethodology, hermeneutic phenomenology | 28 |
7 | Hennius, B. J. (2013) [27] | UK | Contemporary chiropractic practice in the UK: a field study of a chiropractor and his patients in a suburban chiropractic clinic | chiropractic | Patients’ narratives, traditional knowledge, patients’ bodies, intuition, biomedicine | Diagnose and treat, legitimise, educate and inform | Ethnography | 29 |
8 | Ho, E.Y. & Bylund, C.L. (2008) [28] | USA | Models of health and models of interaction in the practitioner-client relationship in acupuncture | acupuncture/TCM | Patients’ narratives, traditional knowledge, biomedicine | Diagnose and treat, legitimise, relate | Ethnography | 20 |
9 | Paterson, C. et al. (2012) [29] | UK | Communication about self-care in traditional acupuncture consultations: the co-construction of individualised support and advice | acupuncture | Patients’ bodies, traditional knowledge | Diagnose and treat, educate and inform | Qualitative, constructivist, conversational analysis | 21 |
10 | Pun, J., Chor, W. & Zhong, L. (2019) [30] | Hong Kong | Delivery of patient-centered care in complementary medicine: Insights and evidence from the Chinese medical practitioners and patients in primary care consultations in Hong Kong | TCM | Patients’ bodies, patients’ narratives, traditional knowledge | Diagnose and treat, education and inform | Conversation/discourse analysis | 28 |
Pun, J. | Moments of ‘touch’ as a way for mental support in Traditional Chinese Medicine consultations: Analysis of the interactional process of co-constructing understanding of the patient’s body conditions in Hong Kong | 24 | ||||||
11 | Ruusuvuori, J. (2005) [31] | Finland | Comparing homeopathic and general practice consultations: the case of problem presentation | homeopathy | Patients’ narratives, traditional knowledge, biomedicine | Legitimise, diagnose and treat | Comparative analysis of General Practitioner and Homeopath consultations | 21 |
12 | Segar, J. (2012) [32] | UK | Complementary and alternative medicine: exploring the gap between evidence and usage | homeopathy; acupuncture; reiki | Personal experience, biomedicine | Legitimise | Qualitative | 28 |
13 | Stöckigt, B.M. et al. (2015) [33] | Germany | Healing relationships: a qualitative study of healers and their clients in Germany | spiritual healing; meditation | Intuition, personal experience, patients’ narratives | Relate, diagnose and treat, legitimise | Qualitative study using observation and interviews with spiritual healers and clients | 30 |
14 | Stub, T., Foss, N. & Liodden, I. (2017) [34] | Norway | “Placebo effect is probably what we refer to as patient healing power”: a qualitative pilot study examining how Norwegian complementary therapists reflect on their practice | Chiropractic, acupuncture, naturopathy, homeopathy | Personal experience, practice wisdom, patients’ bodies | Relate, diagnose and treat, legitimise | Social qualitative fieldwork, anthropology | 14 |
15 | Thomson, O. P.; Petty, N. J. & Moore, A. P. (2014) [35] | UK | A qualitative grounded theory study of the conceptions of clinical practice in osteopathy - a continuum from technical rationality to professional artistry | osteopathy | Traditional knowledge, practice wisdom, patients’ bodies, patients’ narratives, formal education and training | Diagnose and treat, legitimise, educate and inform | Qualitative, constructivist grounded theory | 25 |
Thomson, O. P., Petty, N.J. & Moore, A.P. (2014) [36] | Clinical decision-making and therapeutic approaches in osteopathy - a qualitative grounded theory study | 34 | ||||||
16 | West, V. & Denham, A. (2017) [37] | UK | The clinical reasoning of Western herbal practitioners: A qualitative feasibility study | western herbal practice | Traditional knowledge, patients’ narratives, intuition, practice wisdom | Diagnose and treat | Qualitative case study | 30 |