Parents Experiences Using Alternative Medicine on Children Suffering Cancer in Jakarta
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Methods: The method of data collection was indepth interview to eigth parents and data was analyzed by Colaizii's method. Themes of this research are the impact of illness to children, parent's effort, description of alternative medicine, the effect of alternative medicine for children, meaning of using alternative medicine and parents expectation.
Results: No benefit effect for children and detterence effect in using alternative medicine are current fi ndings in this research. Conclusion: Healthcare professional should concerned about using alternative medicine in children and providing adequate information regarding effectiveness and adverse effects of alternative medicine.
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