Book chapter
Maternity care providers and complementary and integrative medicine
Women's health and complementary and integrative medicine, pp.128-141
Routledge studies in public health, Routledge
2019
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Abstract
These decisions may include the use of complementary and integrative medicine (CIM) for general health during pregnancy as well as pregnancy-related health complaints. While the Davis-Floyd model does not link specific paradigms to any one health profession, in this chapter explores the evidence underpinning any such relationships. The chapter focuses on obstetricians and midwives, and examining the potential role of these conventional health care providers in women's use of CIM during pregnancy, labour and birth. A study of a large, nationally representative sample of Australian women who had recently given birth was published in 2012 and provided the first examination of consultancy patterns across conventional maternity care providers and CIM practitioners during pregnancy. This finding supports previous research identifying midwives as a popular source of CIM information for pregnant women and often encouraging CIM use for women in their care. The study findings illustrate the inconsistent relationship between the available clinical evidence and the CIM practitioners used by pregnant women.
Details
- Title
- Maternity care providers and complementary and integrative medicine
- Creators
- Amie Steel - University of Technology SydneyAbigail Aiyepola - Maryland University of Integrative HealthJane Frawley - University of Technology SydneyHelen Hall - Monash University (Australia)
- Contributors
- Jon Adams (Editor of compilation) - University of Technology SydneyAmie Steel (Editor of compilation) - University of Technology SydneyAlex Broom (Editor of compilation) - University of Technology SydneyJane Frawley (Editor of compilation) - University of Technology Sydney
- Publication Details
- Women's health and complementary and integrative medicine, pp.128-141
- Series
- Routledge studies in public health
- Publisher
- Routledge; Abingdon, Oxon
- Identifiers
- 991013372059102368
- Copyright
- © 2019 selection and editorial matter, Jon Adams, Amie Steel, Alex Broom and Jane Frawley; individual chapters, the contributors.
- Academic Unit
- National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine; Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter