Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Dergisi 2008 , Vol 51 , Num 1
Complementary and alternative treatments and their practice in children
Gonca Karayağız Muslu1, Candan Öztürk2
1Ege Üniversitesi Hemşirelik Yüksekokulu Pediatri Hemşireliği Araştırma Görevlisi
2Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Hemşirelik Yüksekokulu Pediatri Hemşireliği Yardımcı Doçenti
Karayağız-Muslu G, Öztürk C. (Department of Pediatric Nursing, Ege and Dokuz Eylül University Nursing Schools, İzmir, Turkey). Complementary and alternative treatments and their practice in children. Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Dergisi 2008; 51: 62-67.

Alternative medicine is defined as a health care system not included in modern biomedicine and medical practices substituting for conventional medical treatments. Complementary medicine, on the other hand, refers to a healing and health care system complementing mainstream medicine and contributing to the general practices of health care. Utilizing complementary and alternative treatments in children is common. Therefore, it is important that all health professionals involved in children’s health care practices be well grounded with respect to the opinions of patients and their parents concerning complementary and alternative health care practices. The health professionals are supposed to fully inform patients and their parents about the potential risks, benefits and limitations of such treatments, and answer all possible questions in detail. Anahtar Kelimeler : tamamlayıcı ve alternatif tedavi, çocuk, çocuk sağlığı, complementary and alternative treatments, child, children’s health

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