Midwives' use of complementary/alternative treatments

Midwifery

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 772-777

  Ernst, Edzard ^a   Watson, Leala K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Evidence; Midwifery; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HOLISTIC NURSING; HUMAN; MIDWIFE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HOLISTIC NURSING; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT SAFETY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84879234892     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2011.08.013     Document Type: Article

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