Aromatherapy

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This paper, presented in two parts, first explores the idea that aromatherapy may provide relief to cancer patients from several perspectives. n particular, the paper examines the claim that aromatherapy may provide stress relief and help reduce anxiety and depression. The second part of the paper presents a brief outline for a study aimed at investigating whether aromatherapy is beneficial in reducing pain and anxiety, specifically in patients suffering from cancer. The paper suggests that the study be aimed at the biomedical community, suggests a methodology for the study, and describes a survey that it might use.

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"Naturopathic physicians promote aromatherapy as a natural way that cancer patients can help combat stress and produce a feeling of well being (Buckle, 1999). Most of the evidence provided supporting this claim stems from randomized clinical trials. The clinical research related to aromatherapy however is generally in its beginning stages only. Clinical trials have been conducted related to a number of health conditions, including hair loss and tobacco cravings and depressions (ACA, 2000). At this time the number of studies related to cancer patients is relatively few."

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