Beal M W
Yale University School of Nursing, New Haven, CT 06536-0740, USA.
J Nurse Midwifery. 1998 May-Jun;43(3):224-34. doi: 10.1016/s0091-2182(98)00009-3.
Numerous studies have documented that health care consumers all over the world are spending money out of pocket for alternative therapies and that billions of dollars are spent in the United States alone. In this article, the use of complementary and alternative therapies by women health care consumers is discussed, particularly as this phenomenon relates to women's reproductive health in the United States. Women use conventional health care services more frequently than men; thus, it is not surprising that women account for approximately two thirds of health care appointments for complementary and alternative therapies. The traditional conceptual frameworks of herbal medicine, homeopathy, acupuncture, and acupressure are presented, and common clinical applications to women's reproductive care are discussed.
大量研究表明，世界各地的医疗保健消费者都在自掏腰包购买替代疗法，仅在美国就花费了数十亿美元。在本文中，将讨论女性医疗保健消费者对补充和替代疗法的使用情况，特别是这种现象与美国女性生殖健康的关系。女性比男性更频繁地使用传统医疗保健服务；因此，女性约占补充和替代疗法医疗预约的三分之二也就不足为奇了。本文介绍了草药医学、顺势疗法、针灸和指压疗法的传统概念框架，并讨论了其在女性生殖保健中的常见临床应用。
