Use of complementary and alternative medicine in departments of obstetrics in Germany

Forschende Komplementarmedizin

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 111-116

  Münstedt, Karsten ^a,b   Schröter, Christian ^a   Brüggmann, Dörthe ^a   Tinneberg, Hans Rudolf ^a   Von Georgi, Richard ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Medizinisches Zentrum für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; CAM; Complementary and alternative medicine; Homeopathy; Obstetrics

Indexed keywords

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AROMATHERAPY; ARTICLE; BIRTH CONTROL; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GERMANY; HOMEOPATHY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; MASSAGE; MIDWIFE; MOXIBUSTION; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFLEXOLOGY; REIKI;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; AROMATHERAPY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 67649202229     PISSN: 16614119     EISSN: 16614127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000208918     Document Type: Article

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