(Alternative and Traditional Therapies)
"Integrative” Medicine is combination treatment using Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicine. This treatment combines the practices that are in the best interest of the patient and that help the body’s natural healing process.
A child’s body is not the same as an adult’s body. It will react in different ways to drugs, herbal products and other therapies.
Tell your child’s doctor or other healthcare providers, if you are considering or using any alternative or complementary therapies. This information is needed by your doctors, nurses and pharmacists to make sure your child’s entire treatment plan is safe and effective.
The resources and Internet sites listed below are to help you understand and research alternative and complementary therapies. Be sure to discuss the information with your child’s doctor or health care provider before making any changes in your child’s treatment.
Kreamer Family Resource Center
Ground floor of the Sutherland Tower
Children’s Mercy Hospital
(816) 234 – 3900
Internet Sites:
Alternative Medicine Homepage
http://www.pitt.edu/~cbw/altm. html
Contemporary Pediatrics
http://cp.pdr.net
Integrative Medicine
www.onemedicine.com
National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine
http://nccam.nih.gov
National Library of Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov
New York Online Access to Health
http://www.noah-health.org
U.S. Government Healthfinder – Alternative Medicine /Therapies
http://www.healthfinder.gov
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Content Expires on 12/31/2010
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Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Kansas City,Missouri Overland Park,Kansas
Care cards are provided as a public education service. The information does not replace instructions your physician gives you. If you have questions about your child's care, please call your physician.
Estas instruccions son provistas como un servicio educacional. La information no sustituye las instrucciones de su medico. Si tiene preguntas encuanto al duidado de su niño, por favor llame a su medico.