Open Access<p>Complementary And Alternative Medicine Practitioner’s Management Of Acute Respiratory Tract Infections In Children – A Qualitative Descriptive Study</p>
Author(s) -
Sandra Goss Lucas,
Matthew Leach,
Saravana Kumar,
Anna Phillips
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of multidisciplinary healthcare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1178-2390
DOI - 10.2147/jmdh.s230845
Subject(s) - respiratory medicine , medicine , alternative medicine , respiratory tract infections , family medicine , intensive care medicine , respiratory system , pathology , surgery
Acute respiratory tract infection (ARTI) is one of the most prevalent types of infection among children and a common reason for hospital admission. Although parents frequently consult complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practitioners to assist with the management of childhood ARTI, little is known about the treatments that CAM practitioners recommend and why. The aim of this research was to understand what CAM practitioners typically prescribe for the management of childhood ARTI and how practitioners formulate decisions regarding the management of this condition.