Integrative Pediatrics: Successful Implementation of Integrative Medicine in a German Hospital Setting-Concept and Realization

Marion Eckert; Catharina Amarell; Dennis Anheyer; Holger Cramer; Gustav Dobos

doi:10.3390/children5090122

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Integrative Pediatrics: Successful Implementation of Integrative Medicine in a German Hospital Setting-Concept and Realization

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Integrative Pediatrics: Successful Implementation of Integrative Medicine in a German Hospital Setting-Concept and Realization

Marion Eckert, Catharina Amarell, Dennis Anheyer, Holger Cramer and Gustav Dobos

Children (Basel), Vol.5(9), pp.1-9

04/09/2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/children5090122

PMCID: PMC6162590

PMID: 30181478

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Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) has not been systematically institutionalized in pediatric hospital care in Germany so far. For the responsible implementation and systematic evaluation of CAM in pediatric care, a model project was initialized in three different pediatric hospitals in Germany, one of them being the "Kinderkrankenhaus St. Marien" in Landshut, Germany. During this project, a concept of the implementation process was developed based on clinical care, teaching, and scientific evaluation. A project group was formed in St. Marien, which included leaders of the hospital, physicians, nurses, and physiotherapists. Over a period of three years, pediatric treatment modalities of the CAM-spectrum were systematically integrated into routine pediatric care and a new integrative medicine department was established. CAM is now being applied in an inpatient as well as outpatient setting, in addition to conventional medical treatments. The modalities now applied include Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), relaxation, hypnosis, reflexology, wraps and poultices, aromatherapy, homeopathy, yoga, and herbal medicine. Studies were initiated in some areas. The process and concept leading up to this successful implementation will be described in this article. We show that with motivated team players and structured proceedings, implementation of integrative medicine in a children's hospital can be successful.

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Title: Integrative Pediatrics: Successful Implementation of Integrative Medicine in a German Hospital Setting-Concept and Realization
Creators: Marion Eckert - Kinderkrankenhaus St. Marien, Grillparzerstr. 9, 84036 Landshut, Germany.
Catharina Amarell - Kinderkrankenhaus St. Marien, Grillparzerstr. 9, 84036 Landshut, Germany. catharina.amarell@st-marien-la.de.
Dennis Anheyer - University of Duisburg-Essen
Holger Cramer - University of Duisburg-Essen
Gustav Dobos - University of Duisburg-Essen
Publication Details: Children (Basel), Vol.5(9), pp.1-9
Publisher: Mdpi
Number of pages: 9
Grant note: The project was supported by a grant from the Karl and Veronica-Carstens Foundation. Further funds were received from the Weil Foundation.
Identifiers: 991013036332002368
Copyright: © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Academic Unit: National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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