Implementing Pediatric Integrative Medicine in PracticeHilary McClafferty This Special Issue provides an overview of pediatric integrative medicine, an emerging field that blends conventional and evidence based complementary therapies with an emphasis on preventive health and wellbeing. It is one of the first publications to capture the field’s background as well as the implementation of pediatric integrative programs and therapies in both the United States and Europe. Written by expert contributors in their specialties, this work provides the reader a first-hand look at the innovative programs serving children with a wide array of conditions in both academic and community-based centers. Covering topics including program development and start-up, pediatric pain, headache, obesity management, stress, clinical hypnosis, creative arts therapies, integrative nursing, and provider self-care, the edition provides rich insight into the challenges and successes experienced by the authors and the creativity and passion driving the field with the goal of improving health care for children of all ages. |
Common terms and phrases
Accepted accessed activities acupuncture acute addition adolescents adults alternative anxiety application approaches assessment associated authors Available behaviors body burnout cancer Center changes child chronic pain Clin clinical clinician cognitive compared complementary CrossRef decrease eating effects efficacy emotional evidence experience families feel functional funding glucose headache hospital hypnosis imagery important improve increased infants initial institution integrative medicine integrative therapies interest interventions learning lifestyle measures mindfulness mindfulness-based modalities multidisciplinary needs non-pharmacological nursing offered opioid outcomes pain management parents participants patients Pediatric Integrative Medicine physical physician positive potential practice prevention professionals providers published PubMed randomized receiving reduce reported residents response risk scores sessions setting significant staff strategies stress sucrose suggestions survey symptoms syndrome treatment trial University utilized weeks wellbeing withdrawal yoga