Controlling Chemotherapy Side Effects
- 1 October 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis
- Vol. 25 (2-3) , 161-172
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00029157.1982.10404089
Abstract
Severe nausea and vomiting are commonly experienced by cancer patients after receiving chemotherapy treatments. Moreover, approximately 25% of these patients develop conditioned aversions to treatment and become nauseated before they receive their chemotherapy injections. The use of deep muscle relaxation hypnosis in conjunction with guided imagery to control pre- and post-chemotherapy nausea and emesis is discussed. Theoretical and clinical issues raised by this application of hypnosis in cancer treatment are also addressed.Keywords
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