Complementary and Alternative Medicine use in women during pregnancy: Do their healthcare providers know?

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Strouss, Lisa ^a,b   Mackley, Amy ^a   Guillen, Ursula ^a,b   Paul, David A ^a,b   Locke, Robert ^a,b  

^a CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementary and Alternative Medicine; Cross sectional study; Maternal fetal health; Patient physician communication; Pregnancy; Prevalence; Self care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; COLLEGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PUERPERIUM; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN; PROCEDURES; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896697096     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-14-85     Document Type: Article

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