Traditional practices φolk remedies," and the western biomedical model: Bridging the divide

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 102-108

  Cora Bramble, Denice ^a   Tielman, Frances ^a   Wright, Joseph ^a  

^a Division of Emergency Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALOE VERA EXTRACT; BICARBONATE; COD LIVER OIL; GARLIC EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LEAD; LEMON OIL; MERCURY; OPIATE; PLANT EXTRACT; TEA TREE OIL;

ALOE VERA; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAPER DERMATITIS; DIARRHEA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HONEY; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; LEMON; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METABOLIC ALKALOSIS; OREGANO; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TEA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 2942648077     PISSN: 15228401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpem.2004.01.006     Document Type: Article

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