Agnete Egilsdatter Kristoffersen
Scientist
NAFKAM
University of Tromso
Norway
Biography
Philosophiae Doctor (PHd) from the University of Tromsø with the dissertation "The use of complementary and alternative medicine among Norwegian cancer patients. Main subjects in the Nordic region from the same place with language sociology and name review as specialization areas. Higher education graduate in economics and administration from Telemark District College. for alternative therapies since 1994, specializing in healing. She has also had her own practice as a full-time therapist and has conducted extensive courses in healing and self-development. Employed at NAFKAM since January 2002.
Research Interest
Use of alternative treatment and traditional folk medicine in different populations, especially among cancer patients
Publications
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Salamonsen A, Kiil MA, Kristoffersen A, Stub T, Berntsen G. “My cancer is not my deepest concern”: life course disruption influencing patient pathways and health care needs among persons living with colorectal cancer. Patient Preference and Adherence [Internet]. Dove Medical Press Ltd.; 2016 Aug;Volume 10:1591–600. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/ppa.s108422
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Stub T, Quandt SA, Arcury TA, Sandberg JC, Kristoffersen AE. Complementary and conventional providers in cancer care: experience of communication with patients and steps to improve communication with other providers. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine [Internet]. Springer Nature; 2017 Jun 8;17(1). Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12906-017-1814-0
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Kristoffersen AE, Sirois FM, Stub T, Hansen AH. Prevalence and predictors of complementary and alternative medicine use among people with coronary heart disease or at risk for this in the sixth Tromsø study: a comparative analysis using protection motivation theory. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine [Internet]. Springer Nature; 2017 Jun 19;17(1). Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12906-017-1817-x
