title: Complementary therapy and the mother's wishes.
abstract: Midwives cannot ignore the growing interest from clients who wish to use complementary therapies. However, midwives have a duty to ensure that their clients are aware of the advantages and the dangers of particular therapies. Co-operation with complementary therapists is to be encouraged, but the midwife must never delegate responsibility for her client. Managers should arrange for midwives to receive training in particularly complementary therapies, so that midwives may widen the scope of their professional practice. Midwives whose clients request complementary therapies may find themselves asked to provide hypnotism, aromatherapy or another therapy that may conflict with the accepted standards of midwifery practice. A mother might also wish to use homeopathic remedies for an underlying condition.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dimond
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D000529:Complementary Therapies / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D009721:Nurse Midwives / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006113:United Kingdom