[{"key":"dc.contributor.author","value":"MacDonald-Emes, Janet Barbara","language":null},{"key":"dc.date.accessioned","value":"2009-02-10T00:00:00","language":null},{"key":"dc.date.available","value":"2009-02-10T00:00:00","language":null},{"key":"dc.date.issued","value":"1996","language":null},{"key":"dc.identifier.uri","value":"http:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/2429\/4385","language":null},{"key":"dc.description.abstract","value":"This study was undertaken in order to describe and \r\nexplore the conventional treatment experiences that women \r\nwith Anorexia Nervosa (AN) undergo from the perspective of \r\nthe women themselves. The impetus for the study grew from the \r\nliterature indicating that there is a strong consumer \r\ncritique of various aspects of conventional treatment \r\napproaches. Furthermore, conventional treatments have been \r\nalmost entirely guided by clinical opinion rather than by \r\nresearch; many approaches are having limited success rates in \r\nterms of long-term outcome. In addition, more nurses are \r\ncaring for women with AN in all settings and yet the nursing \r\ncare is orchestrated in accordance with ineffective \r\napproaches. Finally, the perspectives of practitioners are \r\noften different than those of the consumers of health care \r\nservices. Thus, more practitioners are understanding the \r\nimportance of not only giving a voice to consumers, but \r\nactually conducting research concerning the views of \r\nconsumers in order to improve efficacy of treatments. \r\n\r\nFreed from the confines of an orthodox methodology, the \r\nthematic descriptive approach to guide this study was \r\ncomposed. Five informants were chosen by virtue of their \r\nability to convey their treatment experience for AN. Data \r\ncollection and data analysis was carried out simultaneously using an approach adapted from Field and Morse (1985) and Giorgi (1985). \r\n\r\nThe findings from this study revealed that the quality of \r\nthe treatment experience was contingent upon: the qualities \r\npossessed by the practitioners; the nature of the setting; \r\nthe degree to which informants experienced difficulty in \r\naccessing programs and practitioners; and the predominance of \r\na quantifiable focus on treatment that ascertains recovery in \r\nterms of weight gain; all at the expense of long-term \r\npsychosocial well-being. \r\n\r\nThe conclusions drawn from the findings are tenfold: 1) \r\nConventional treatments may not meet the needs of consumers; \r\n2) Many treatments for AN tend to reflect a medical modality; \r\n3) Conventional treatments include some elements that may be \r\ncounterproductive to recovery from AN; 4) Conventional \r\ntreatments may exclude some elements that facilitate \r\nrecovery; 5) The need to establish recovery within a \r\nquantifiable context may be contingent upon the severity of \r\nthe AN; 6) Treatment philosophies may be inconsistent and \r\npoorly coordinated within and between settings; 7) Women with \r\nAN believe that the behaviors and ideologies practitioners \r\npossess are critical to the success of treatment programs; 8) \r\nThis study reiterates claims made by consumers and advocates \r\nof AN that conventional treatments alone are ineffective; 9) \r\nThe demand for conventional treatments persist possibly \r\n\r\nbecause of the eternal hope they symbolize; and 10) The views \r\nof recipients for care of AN are invaluable in understanding \r\nthe implications of conventional treatments. These conclusion \r\nhave far-reaching implications for nursing research, \r\npractice, education, and social policy.","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.format.extent","value":"11264030 bytes","language":null},{"key":"dc.format.mimetype","value":"application\/pdf","language":null},{"key":"dc.language.iso","value":"eng","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.publisher","value":"University of British Columbia","language":null},{"key":"dc.rights","value":"For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https:\/\/open.library.ubc.ca\/terms_of_use.","language":null},{"key":"dc.title","value":"How do women describe the conventional treatment experience for anorexia nervosa? : a thematic descriptive study","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.type","value":"Text","language":null},{"key":"dc.degree.name","value":"Master of Science in Nursing - MSN","language":null},{"key":"dc.degree.discipline","value":"Nursing","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.degree.grantor","value":"University of British Columbia","language":null},{"key":"dc.date.graduation","value":"1996-05","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.type.text","value":"Thesis\/Dissertation","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.description.affiliation","value":"Applied Science, Faculty of","language":null},{"key":"dc.description.affiliation","value":"Nursing, School of","language":null},{"key":"dc.degree.campus","value":"UBCV","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.description.scholarlevel","value":"Graduate","language":"en"}]