Heather Boon
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 248326 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Heather Boon |
| PRENOMES | Heather |
| SOBRENOME | Boon |
| ASSINATURA | BOON H |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0705-8251 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 19 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 97 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 19 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1998 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Validation of an Existential Model of Women in Fertility Treatment
A Qualitative Evidence Synthesis of Women’s Experience of Infertility and Fertility Treatment From an Existential Perspective
While infertility and fertility treatment cause significant psychological distress for many women, the effectiveness of existing psychological interventions is unproven. This paper explores the potential applicability of an existential psychotherapeutic framework in this context by reviewing the lived experience of women with infertility and women in fertility treatment from an existential perspective. We conducted a qualitative evidence synthesi…
Toward a 'green allopathy'? Naturopathic paradigm and practice in Ontario, Canada
Epistemic tensions have long been evident within naturopathy, a heterodox healthcare occupation licensed across much of North America. Naturopaths less inclined toward bioscientific explanatory and evidentiary norms have long used the trope of the 'green allopath' to critique the practices of their more biomedically- (i.e., 'allopathically') inclined colleagues. Using the 'green allopathy' narrative as a conceptual starting point, this work uses …
Religion, Spirits, Human Agents and Healing
This paper explores the relationship among religion, spirits and healing in the Tehuledere community in the northeastern part of Ethiopia and focuses on how this knowledge can inform primary healthcare reform. The study employed qualitative ethnographic methods. Participatory observation, over a total of 5 months during the span of 1 year, was supplemented by focus group discussions (96 participants in 10 groups) and in-depth interviews (n = 20) …
Chinese Medicine sans Chinese
This work presents a critical analysis of the unequal consequences that may arise in a multiculturalist state when language is conceptually divorced from the human rights protections afforded to ethnicity and national origin. Drawing on the results of twenty‐three qualitative interviews and a review of publicly available documents, our interpretive policy analysis examines the rationale, process, and impacts surrounding the controversial linguist…
Medical Pluralism and the State
Regulation of traditional acupuncturists has proven controversial in several jurisdictions. In this work, we detail and analyze the range of English-language registration, practice, and record-keeping requirements for regulated traditional acupuncturists across Canada, the United States, and Australia. Drawing on the results of an extensive documentary review and 28 qualitative interviews, we identify five primary themes underpinning policy-relat…
Beliefs and perception of ill-health causation
Members of the study community believes that supernatural, natural and social elements are linked to ill-health causation. A successful integrated primary health care strategy should include strategies for supporting patients' needs in all three of these domains
State risk discourse and the regulatory preservation of traditional medicine knowledge
Several United Nations bodies have advised countries to actively preserve Traditional Medicine (TM) knowledge and prevent its misappropriation in regulatory structures. To help advance decision-making around this complex regulatory issue, we examine the relationship between risk discourse, epistemology and policy. This study presents a critical, postcolonial analysis of divergent risk discourses elaborated in two contrasting Ontario (Canada) gove…
Interpretation in Cross-Language Research
Foods and natural health products
Interprofessional collaboration within Canadian integrative healthcare clinics
Parental views on pediatric vaccination
The debate on pediatric vaccination policy has been characterized by the presence of two distinct coalitions: those in favor of current vaccination policies and those expressing concern about these policies. The target of these coalitions is the vaccination decision of parents. To determine their influence, we conducted four focus groups in Toronto, Canada examining parental decision-making concerning pediatric vaccination. Our focus groups consi…
Addressing the Emergence of Pediatric Vaccination Concerns
How far can complementary and alternative medicine go? The case of chiropractic and homeopathy
The scope of naturopathic medicine in Canada
Responses of established healthcare to the professionalization of complementary and alternative medicine in Ontario
Moving forward? Complementary and alternative practitioners seeking self-regulation
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) occupations continue to struggle towards achieving professional status, especially in the form of statutory regulation. Many consider professional status a worthwhile goal for CAM occupations, yet it is a process fraught with tensions. In this paper we present in-depth interview data from the leaders of three CAM groups (naturopaths, traditional Chinese medicine practitioners acupuncturists, and homeop…
Breast Cancer Survivors’ Perceptions of Complementary/Alternative Medicine (CAM)
The study described in this article explored breast cancer survivors’ perceptions and experiences as they decided whether to use a variety of complementary/alternative therapies. Six focus groups were conducted composed of women who had been diagnosed with breast cancer. Each 2-hour session was audiotaped and transcribed verbatim. In this article, the process by which the participants made the decision to use or not to use complementary/alternati…
Canadian naturopathic practitioners
Moving forward? Complementary and alternative practitioners seeking self-regulation
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) occupations continue to struggle towards achieving professional status, especially in the form of statutory regulation. Many consider professional status a worthwhile goal for CAM occupations, yet it is a process fraught with tensions. In this paper we present in-depth interview data from the leaders of three CAM groups (naturopaths, traditional Chinese medicine practitioners acupuncturists, and homeop…
Responses of established healthcare to the professionalization of complementary and alternative medicine in Ontario
How far can complementary and alternative medicine go? The case of chiropractic and homeopathy
Interprofessional collaboration within Canadian integrative healthcare clinics
Canadian naturopathic practitioners
State risk discourse and the regulatory preservation of traditional medicine knowledge
Several United Nations bodies have advised countries to actively preserve Traditional Medicine (TM) knowledge and prevent its misappropriation in regulatory structures. To help advance decision-making around this complex regulatory issue, we examine the relationship between risk discourse, epistemology and policy. This study presents a critical, postcolonial analysis of divergent risk discourses elaborated in two contrasting Ontario (Canada) gove…
The scope of naturopathic medicine in Canada
Medical Pluralism and the State
Regulation of traditional acupuncturists has proven controversial in several jurisdictions. In this work, we detail and analyze the range of English-language registration, practice, and record-keeping requirements for regulated traditional acupuncturists across Canada, the United States, and Australia. Drawing on the results of an extensive documentary review and 28 qualitative interviews, we identify five primary themes underpinning policy-relat…
Interpretation in Cross-Language Research
Chinese Medicine sans Chinese
This work presents a critical analysis of the unequal consequences that may arise in a multiculturalist state when language is conceptually divorced from the human rights protections afforded to ethnicity and national origin. Drawing on the results of twenty‐three qualitative interviews and a review of publicly available documents, our interpretive policy analysis examines the rationale, process, and impacts surrounding the controversial linguist…
Foods and natural health products
Addressing the Emergence of Pediatric Vaccination Concerns
Canadian naturopathic practitioners
Breast Cancer Survivors’ Perceptions of Complementary/Alternative Medicine (CAM)
The study described in this article explored breast cancer survivors’ perceptions and experiences as they decided whether to use a variety of complementary/alternative therapies. Six focus groups were conducted composed of women who had been diagnosed with breast cancer. Each 2-hour session was audiotaped and transcribed verbatim. In this article, the process by which the participants made the decision to use or not to use complementary/alternati…
Responses of established healthcare to the professionalization of complementary and alternative medicine in Ontario
Moving forward? Complementary and alternative practitioners seeking self-regulation
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) occupations continue to struggle towards achieving professional status, especially in the form of statutory regulation. Many consider professional status a worthwhile goal for CAM occupations, yet it is a process fraught with tensions. In this paper we present in-depth interview data from the leaders of three CAM groups (naturopaths, traditional Chinese medicine practitioners acupuncturists, and homeop…
Addressing the Emergence of Pediatric Vaccination Concerns
How far can complementary and alternative medicine go? The case of chiropractic and homeopathy
The scope of naturopathic medicine in Canada
Parental views on pediatric vaccination
The debate on pediatric vaccination policy has been characterized by the presence of two distinct coalitions: those in favor of current vaccination policies and those expressing concern about these policies. The target of these coalitions is the vaccination decision of parents. To determine their influence, we conducted four focus groups in Toronto, Canada examining parental decision-making concerning pediatric vaccination. Our focus groups consi…
Foods and natural health products
Interprofessional collaboration within Canadian integrative healthcare clinics
Interpretation in Cross-Language Research
State risk discourse and the regulatory preservation of traditional medicine knowledge
Several United Nations bodies have advised countries to actively preserve Traditional Medicine (TM) knowledge and prevent its misappropriation in regulatory structures. To help advance decision-making around this complex regulatory issue, we examine the relationship between risk discourse, epistemology and policy. This study presents a critical, postcolonial analysis of divergent risk discourses elaborated in two contrasting Ontario (Canada) gove…
Beliefs and perception of ill-health causation
Members of the study community believes that supernatural, natural and social elements are linked to ill-health causation. A successful integrated primary health care strategy should include strategies for supporting patients' needs in all three of these domains
Chinese Medicine sans Chinese
This work presents a critical analysis of the unequal consequences that may arise in a multiculturalist state when language is conceptually divorced from the human rights protections afforded to ethnicity and national origin. Drawing on the results of twenty‐three qualitative interviews and a review of publicly available documents, our interpretive policy analysis examines the rationale, process, and impacts surrounding the controversial linguist…
Medical Pluralism and the State
Regulation of traditional acupuncturists has proven controversial in several jurisdictions. In this work, we detail and analyze the range of English-language registration, practice, and record-keeping requirements for regulated traditional acupuncturists across Canada, the United States, and Australia. Drawing on the results of an extensive documentary review and 28 qualitative interviews, we identify five primary themes underpinning policy-relat…
Religion, Spirits, Human Agents and Healing
This paper explores the relationship among religion, spirits and healing in the Tehuledere community in the northeastern part of Ethiopia and focuses on how this knowledge can inform primary healthcare reform. The study employed qualitative ethnographic methods. Participatory observation, over a total of 5 months during the span of 1 year, was supplemented by focus group discussions (96 participants in 10 groups) and in-depth interviews (n = 20) …
Toward a 'green allopathy'? Naturopathic paradigm and practice in Ontario, Canada
Epistemic tensions have long been evident within naturopathy, a heterodox healthcare occupation licensed across much of North America. Naturopaths less inclined toward bioscientific explanatory and evidentiary norms have long used the trope of the 'green allopath' to critique the practices of their more biomedically- (i.e., 'allopathically') inclined colleagues. Using the 'green allopathy' narrative as a conceptual starting point, this work uses …
A Qualitative Evidence Synthesis of Women’s Experience of Infertility and Fertility Treatment From an Existential Perspective
While infertility and fertility treatment cause significant psychological distress for many women, the effectiveness of existing psychological interventions is unproven. This paper explores the potential applicability of an existential psychotherapeutic framework in this context by reviewing the lived experience of women with infertility and women in fertility treatment from an existential perspective. We conducted a qualitative evidence synthesi…
Validation of an Existential Model of Women in Fertility Treatment
Medicine (17 obras) · Political science (12 obras) · Sociology (11 obras) · Psychology (10 obras) · Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies (9 obras) · Law (9 obras) · Social science (9 obras) · Alternative medicine (8 obras) · Health care (8 obras) · Law (7 obras)