專家症狀治療逐漸增加的補充性療法--靈氣療法。 

Burden B(1), Herron-Marx S, Clifford C. Author information: (1)Compton Hospice, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, UK. Barbaracompt@aol.com Palliative medicine and complementary therapies (CTs) have developed within the NHS as parallel philosophies of care. As a result, the last decade has seen an increase in the integration and usage of CTs, as adjunct therapies to conventional medical treatment. Documented benefits of relaxation, decreased perception of pain, reduced anxiety and improved sense of wellbeing have been shown to enable an enhanced quality of life, where curative treatment is no longer an option. Reiki is a more recent addition to the range of CTs available to cancer patients. As an energy-healing intervention it has gained in popularity as a non-invasive and non-pharmacological approach. Anecdotal evidence suggests that the profound relaxation effect has a positive impact on alleviating anxiety, stress, perception of pain and promotes a feeling of wellbeing particularly relating to the nature of psychospiritual wellbeing. However, there is very little evidence to support its application within clinical practice, and none within the specific field of specialist palliative care (SPC). This article will consider the position of reiki as an emerging CT within SPC. The function of the hospice movement, the role of CTs together with an understanding of energy healing will also be explored. Within this context, the rise in popularity of reiki and its potential benefits for SPC patients will be discussed. These considerations will then form the basis of the justification for further research in SPC. 

症狀醫學和補充療法（CTs）已經在 NHS 內部形成了平行的治療理念。因此，近十年來，CT 作為 傳統醫療輔助治療的整合和使用有所增加。記錄已經證明，放鬆的益處，如減少的疼痛感覺，降低 焦慮和增加幸福感已被證明能夠提高生活質量，其中治療性療法已不再是選擇。靈氣是對癌症患者 可用 CT 範圍的新選項。作為一種能量修復的介入措施，因其非侵入性和非藥物治療方法而受到歡 迎。非文獻的證據顯示，深度放鬆效應對緩解焦慮、壓力，對疼痛的感知和促進與精神健康的本質 特別相關的良好感覺有正向的影響。然而，幾乎沒有證據支持其在臨床醫療中的應用，並且在專業 症狀治療（SPC）的特定領域中沒有證據支持其應用。本文認為靈氣的地位是在 SPC 中新興的 CT。 臨終關懷運動的功能，CTs 的作用以及對能量治療的理解也將被探索。在此背景下，將討論靈氣的 普及及其對 SPC 患者的潛在益處。這些考慮將構成進一步研究 SPC 的基礎。 

DOI: 10.12968/ijpn.2005.11.5.248 

PMID: 15944500 [Indexed for MEDLINE]