Increasing health‐care options: The perspectives of parents who use complementary and alternative medicines

Aim:  To explore the relationship between conventional medicine and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) with parents who use CAM, and to consider factors that may contribute to parent non‐disclosure of CAM usage to their doctor.

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