How do you incorporate integrative medicine into the field of pediatric hematology/oncology?

Robust evidence is lacking on the potential benefit of integrative therapies for pediatric hematology/oncology patients. That being said, we have incorporated integrative therapies including massage, acutherapy, and animal-assisted therapy (and soon aromatherapy) into both the inpatient and outpatient units to assist as non-pharmacological methods to improve nausea, pain, anxiety, sleep, depression, and general quality of life. Empirically, we have seen improvement in some patients with the use ...