Recourse to alternative medicine during pregnancy: Motivations of women and impact of research findings

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1147-1153

  Guittier, Marie Julia ^a,b,c,d   Pichon, Michelle ^a   Irion, Olivier ^b,c   Guillemin, Francis ^d,e   Boulvain, Michel ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BREECH PRESENTATION; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTIVATION; MOXIBUSTION; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREECH PRESENTATION; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MOXIBUSTION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; VERSION, FETAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870478205     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2011.0550     Document Type: Article

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