2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The meaning of acupuncture and moxibustion in home palliative care
| Project/Area Number |
25870848
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Cultural anthropology
Applied anthropology
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| Research Institution | Tokyo Ariake University of Medical and Health Sciences |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | 在宅緩和ケア / エスノグラフィー / 鍼灸 / 意味 / 身体感覚 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The purpose of this study was to explore the “meaning” of acupuncture and moxibustion in home palliative care settings. Based on participant observation and an interview survey at a home palliative care clinic engaged a full-time acupuncturist , ethnography was established. Patients determined the “meaning” of acupuncture and moxibustion to be an experience of “changes in the body sensation” such as “becoming lightened,” which brought about a new rhythm in their lives. Furthermore, besides a patient’s subjective experiences, their understanding of the “meaning” of acupuncture and moxibustion was based on the culture of the clinic,
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| Free Research Field |
鍼灸学 医療人類学
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