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What’s the alternative?

01 April 2006

Emergency Nurse

Feature

On initial consideration, it seems that the subject of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is not priority in emergency departments (EDs).

The Alternative Dictionary of Symptoms and Cures

16 January 1988

Nursing Standard

Book Review

Caroline Shreeve has produced an excellent and comprehensive guide to symptoms and cures, encompassing both orthodox and alternative therapies.

Sister Plume's notes on nursing

25 March 1989

Nursing Standard

Book Review

From time to time, it falls to a reviewer to read a book which has every indication of being a landmark: in nursing history. Sister Plume's seminal work is one such...

Hypnosis in the management of eczema in children

05 September 2001

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Eczema can be a very distressing condition for children. Fiona Mantle discusses how hypnosis might complement recognised treatment in helping to alleviate the...

Eating disorders: The role of hypnosis

01 September 2003

Paediatric Nursing

Clinical

Adolescence may be seen as ‘a discrete and significantly different stage from that of childhood or adulthood’ (Needham 2000). It is a time of great emotional, social...

Complementary medicine and children

01 October 2005

Primary Health Care

Alternative health

When complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is used by nurses in hospital or in the community the patient is safeguarded by the nurse’s accountability to the...

Hypnosis in the management of eczema in children

01 June 1999

Paediatric Nursing

Clinical complementary therapies

Although it can be difficult to provide an accurate estimate of the incidence of atopic eczema in children, recent studies indicate a frequency of between five and...

Hypnosis in the treatment of enuresis

01 July 1999

Paediatric Nursing

Enuresis clinical

Enuresis is defined as an involuntary discharge of urine by day or night or both in the absence of a congenital or acquired defect of the central nervous system or...