Informed consent: Advising patients and parents about complementary and alternative medicine therapies

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

Acupuncture; Complementary therapies; Evidence based practice; Nausea; Neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; DIMENHYDRINATE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NABILONE; ONDANSETRON;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BENEFICENCE; CASE REPORT; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED EMESIS; CHILD; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; PARENT COUNSELING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CANADA; CHILD; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DISCLOSURE; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALE; NAUSEA; PARENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; UNITED STATES; VOMITING;

EID: 80355149480     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-2720H     Document Type: Article

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