Negotiating competency, professionalism and risk: The integration of complementary and alternative medicine by nurses and midwives in NHS hospitals

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 529-536

  Cant, Sarah ^a   Watts, Peter ^a   Ruston, Annmarie ^a  

^a CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complementary alternative medicine (CAM); Midwives; Nurses; Professionalism; Risk; UK

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MEDICINE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; VULNERABILITY;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MIDWIFE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONALISM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK; UNITED KINGDOM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING PRACTICE; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

UNITED KINGDOM;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, STATE; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; NEGOTIATING; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK;

EID: 79954443401     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.11.034     Document Type: Article

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