Complementary and alternative medicine in nursing and midwifery: towards a critical social science

Medicalization of Complementary and Alternative Medicine: a Historical-Critical Analysis

Medicalization, in the sense of expansion of medicine in different aspects of human life and ultimately the transformation of medicine into a tool of social control and domination, is a common interpenetration in the literature. This concept, since its inception in the mid-twentieth century, has been an exclusive critique of modern medicine, meaning that branch of medicine based on biomedical p...

complementary and alternative medicine in midwifery

Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Midwifery

Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: Midwives should be informed of complementary and alternative medicine methods and be able to guide women with the use of these methods. Copyright © 2014, Kashan University of Medical Sciences; Published by Kashan University of Medical Sciences. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons At...

Futility in Complementary and Alternative Medicine: A Critical Review from an Ethical Perspective

Several definitions for medical futility has been proposed in the literature. Medical futility is defined as the condition in which an intervention, either for diagnosis, prevention, treatment, rehabilitation or other medical goals, has no benefit for the individual patient. This critical review aimed to increase the understanding of physicians and other healthcare providers on the issue of fut...

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