Alternative therapies for the management of pain in labor and delivery

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 704-732

  Gentz, Brenda A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUE COHOSH; CALCIUM; CHAMOMILE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MIN TRAN; RELAX ALL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALERIAN;

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE; ALFALFA; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA; COMFREY; DELIVERY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GRASS; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; HYPNOSIS; LABOR; LOBELIA; MASSAGE; MUSIC THERAPY; OAT; PAIN; PEPPER; REVIEW; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ELECTROMAGNETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MASSAGE; MEDICINE, HERBAL; MIND-BODY AND RELAXATION TECHNIQUES; MUSIC THERAPY; PAIN; PREGNANCY; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0035197999     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003081-200112000-00010     Document Type: Review

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