| Title: |
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Instruction in Nursing Curricula. |
| Authors: |
Dutta, Arjun P.1 adutta@howard.edu; Dutta, Abhirjun P.2; Bwayo, Sally3; Xue, Zhenyi4; Akiyode, Oluwaranti1; Ayuk-Egbe, Patricia1; Bernard, Daphne1; Daftary, Monika N.1; Clarke-Tasker, Veronica1 |
| Source: |
Journal of National Black Nurses Association. Dec2003, Vol. 14 Issue 2, p30-33. 4p. 2 Charts. |
| Abstract: |
Focuses on the complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) instruction in the nursing curricula. Increase in the use of non-conventional methods of disease management; Risk of herb-drug interactions secondary to consumer use of alternative medicines; Need for nurses to assume the role of patient educators in the area of CAM. |
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