Complementary Medicine: Risks to Infants and Children

Complementary Medicine: Risks to Infants and Children

Complementary Alternative Medicine (CAM) that targets infants and children can place them at grave risk. Our plan is to review some of the major cases of CAM used by parents, and by unlicensed and even licensed health professionals. Complications from CAM are rarely the focus of regulatory bodies, o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Terry Polevoy
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2018-06-01
Series:	Journal of Clinical Medicine
Subjects:	complementary alternative medicine quackery infants children regulation anti-vaccine autism cancer chiropractic naturopathy homeopathy health fraud
Online Access:	http://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/7/6/149

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