Use of complementary and alternative medicine across the childbirth spectrum in China

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1047-1052

  Zeng, Yingchun ^a   Zhou, Ying ^a   Chen, Peiyi ^b   Luo, Taizhen ^a   Huang, Meiling ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Childbearing women; Complementary and alternative medicine; Maternity service; Obstetric staff

Indexed keywords

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CHINA; COMMON COLD; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASSAGE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OBSTETRICIAN; PERCEPTION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFLEXOLOGY; TOCOLYSIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHINA; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84912521418     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2014.10.009     Document Type: Article

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