Exploring hope and healing in patients living with advanced non-small cell lung cancer.

Purpose/objectives: To explore the experience and meaning of hope in relation to the healing process of patients living with stage IIIb or IV non-small cell lung cancer.

Research Approach: Interpretative qualitative study design.

Setting: Peter Brojde Lung Cancer Centre in the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Lung cancer patients' beliefs about complementary and alternative medicine in the promotion of their wellness.

Purpose: Cancer patients are increasingly turning to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) because they believe that conventional treatments are not optimizing their overall wellness. However, the relationship between CAM use, wellness, and patient beliefs has received little attention in the nursing literature. This study aimed to understand lung cancer patients' beliefs about CAM use in promoting their own wellness.