Utilisation of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practitioners within maternity care provision: Results from a nationally representative cohort study of 1,835 pregnant women

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Steel, Amie ^a   Adams, Jon ^a   Sibbritt, David ^a   Broom, Alex ^b   Gallois, Cindy ^b   Frawley, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complementary medicine; Health services; Integrative medicine; Interprofessional; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACKACHE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATVE MEDICINE PRACTITIONER; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISCHIALGIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MIDWIFE; NECK PAIN; OBSTETRICIAN; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREGNANT WOMAN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; DOULAS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDWIFERY; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 84870928962     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-12-146     Document Type: Article

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