Pediatric use of complementary therapies: Ethical and policy choices

Pediatrics

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Cohen, Michael H ^a,b,c,g   Kemper, Kathi J ^d   Stevens, Laura ^g   Hashimoto, Dean ^e   Gilmour, Joan ^f  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BAHAMAS   (Bahamas)

^c Institute for Integrative and Energy Medicine   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^f YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Alternative; Complementary; Integrative; Liability; Malpractice; Negligence; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANCER; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD NEGLECT; DIET RESTRICTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; TERMINAL CARE; CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; HOSPITAL; LEGAL ASPECT; PARENT; POLICY; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ADVOCACY; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PARENTS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644679787     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-0496     Document Type: Article

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