生而為人，生病是必經的歷程。本研究的目的在探討醫師尋求另類療法行為之緣起、以及在求醫過程中的心路歷程，並進一步瞭解醫師尋求另類療法對他人及其個人之影響。本研究採立意抽樣，共訪談了六位醫師，並以深入訪談法之技術對文本進行資料內容的譯碼及分析。 研究結果發現，醫師尋求「另類療法」的緣起主要有四項：(1)閱讀書刊、(2)了解西醫的有限性、(3)依循師父或經典之指導、以及(4)不排斥另類療法。在探求另類醫療過程中發現，角色扮演及其轉換、個人尋求另類療法的方法、想法以及情緒反應四者之間循環影響。 本論文最主要的發現是，在角色扮演的時序上，經歷了「我是醫生」、「我是病人」、以及「我是醫生又是病人」等三階段轉換。對於尋求另類療法的目的不在於能否把病治好，而是在於自我內在深沈的靈性成長。 最後，本研究針對醫學教育、國家衛生機關、另類療法定位與立法未來研究方向、方法、內容提出若干建議。 The aim of this research is to explore (1) what kinds of behaviors and mental process in seeking Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) on the part of physicians, when they are periously ill themselves, (2) how CAM influence these physicians and the people around them. Employing purpostive sampling, the researcher interviewed six physicians. In-depth interview method is used to analyze the collected data. The findings of this thesis show that the main impacts to physicians' seeking CAM are due to reading, related publications realizing the limit of Western medical science, following spiritual teacher's instructions and not having a dislike of CAM. Besides, their ＂roles＂ interact with their behaviors, thoughts and emotions when seeking CAM. Most important of all, their roles changed from ＂I'm a doctor＂ through ＂I'm a patient＂ to ＂I'm both a doctor and a patient.＂ It is not the purpose to cure their illness at all, but to persuit a deep spiritual development. According to the findings of this research, some suggestions are offered to the Medical Education, National Health Institution, the legislation for CAM and approaches for future research.
