Unethical prescriptions: Alternative therapies for children with cerebral palsy

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-11

  Weisleder, Pedro ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Complementary and alternative medicine; Evidence based medicine; Medical economics

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; DANTROLENE;

ADELI SUIT THERAPY; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL PALSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOLPHIN ASSISTED THERAPY; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MICROCEPHALY; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; QUADRIPLEGIA; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL PALSY; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DOLPHINS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; SPACE SUITS;

EID: 73549123205     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922809340438     Document Type: Note

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