Viewpoint - Midwives' enthusiasm for complementary therapies: A cause for concern?

Complementary Therapies in Nursing and Midwifery

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 77-79

  Tiran, Denise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAULOPHYLLUM EXTRACT; ESSENTIAL OIL; GINGER EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; RASPBERRY EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANAMNESIS; AWARENESS; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONCEPTION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; DRUG ABUSE; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MIDWIFE; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; NAUSEA; OPERATING ROOM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PUERPERIUM; REGISTRATION; SKILL; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; UTERUS CONTRACTION; UTERUS DISEASE; VACUUM EXTRACTION;

EID: 2542468756     PISSN: 13536117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-6117(03)00107-0     Document Type: Article

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