Faith healing in paediatrics: what do we know about its relevance to clinical practice?

There is widespread use of complementary or alternative medicine among adults and children. Families may use faith healing alongside conventional medicine or as an alternative. In their clinical practice, professionals should be aware of this and need to consider asking patients and their families a...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Child : care, health & development health & development, 2012-05, Vol.38 (3), p.316-320
Hauptverfasser:	Baverstock, A., Finlay, F.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Alternative medicine Anemia, Sickle Cell - therapy Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - therapy Child Child, Preschool Children Clinical medicine Clinical practice Complementary Therapies Diabetes Mellitus - therapy Education, Medical, Continuing - standards Epilepsy - therapy Faith Healing Families & family life Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Health Occupations - ethics Humans Infant Mental Disorders - therapy Neoplasms - therapy Nervous System Diseases - therapy Paediatrics Pediatrics - methods Religion and Medicine Spiritual healing
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Zusammenfassung:	There is widespread use of complementary or alternative medicine among adults and children. Families may use faith healing alongside conventional medicine or as an alternative. In their clinical practice, professionals should be aware of this and need to consider asking patients and their families about complementary or alternative medicine use, including faith healing.
ISSN:	0305-1862 1365-2214
DOI:	10.1111/j.1365-2214.2011.01284.x