Use of and attitudes toward complementary and alternative medicine among nurse-midwives in Israel

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 203, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 341.e1-341.e7

  Samuels, Noah ^a   Zisk Rony, Rachel Y ^b   Singer, Shepherd R ^a   Dulitzky, Mordechai ^d   Mankuta, David ^b   Shuval, Judith T ^c   Oberbaum, Menachem ^a  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

attitudes; complementary and alternative medicine; nurse midwives

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AYURVEDA; CHILDBIRTH; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHIROPRACTIC; DRUG SAFETY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; ISRAEL; LABOR PAIN; MASSAGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDITATION; MIDWIFE ATTITUDE; NAUSEA; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PATIENT CARE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REIKI; RELIGION; SAFETY; TAI CHI; TOUCH; VOMITING; YOGA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXERCISE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFE; SMOKING; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING;

EID: 77957362816     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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