Current topic: Complementary and alternative medicine for children: does it work?
Open Access
- 1 January 2001
- journal article
- review article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 84 (1) , 6-9
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.84.1.6
Abstract
Paediatric use of complementary and alternative medicine is common and increasing, particularly for the sickest children. This review discusses the various options available including dietary supplements, hypnosis, massage, chiropractic, and acupuncture.Keywords
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