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Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)
Geriatric Nursing, 06/19/09

Moquin B et al. - Nurse licensure considers herbals as medications, yet physicians refuse to prescribe them, and nurses (or certified med techs) cannot administer them. In some states, “alternative practitioners” are not viewed as legal prescribers. Undaunted, residents (or their families) purchase alternative “medicines” that are contraindicated by their traditional medical regimen. Secreted in their room, nurses are unaware of the stash and the self-administrating practice.

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What's New in Alternative Therapies for Asthmatic Children
Journal of Community Health Nursing, 11/06/09 Relevance Score: 67%

X-ray appearance of subcutaneous gemstones as part of alternative/holistic medicine: a case report and review of the literature
Clinical Imaging, 10/27/09 Relevance Score: 67%

Systematic review of Chinese herbal medicine for functional constipation
World Journal of Gastroenterology, 10/26/09 Relevance Score: 67%

Complementary and alternative medicine use among general surgery, hepatobiliary surgery and surgical oncology patients
Canadian Journal of Surgery, 10/16/09 Relevance Score: 67%

The midwife as prescriber
British Journal of Midwifery, 10/07/09 Relevance Score: 67%