Complementary and alternative medicine practitioners' standard of care: Responsibilities to patients and parents

Pediatrics

Volumn 128, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2011, Pages

  Gilmour, Joan ^a   Harrison, Christine ^b   Asadi, Leyla ^c   Cohen, Michael H ^d   Vohra, Sunita ^c,e  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d Fenton Nelson LLP   (United States)

^e STOLLERY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical competence; Complementary therapies; Evidence based practice; Legal liability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; CHIROPRACTIC; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; TESTIS CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; BACK PAIN; CANADA; CHILD; CHIROPRACTIC; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALE; MANIPULATION, CHIROPRACTIC; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRICS; STANDARD OF CARE; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80355142278     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-2720J     Document Type: Article

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