Alternative and complementary therapies for labor and birth: an application of Kolcaba's theory of holistic comfortAA


Author: Koehn ML

Affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA
Conference/Journal: Holist Nurs Pract
Date published: 2000
Other:
 Volume ID: 15   ,  Issue ID: 1   ,  Pages: 66-77   ,  Special Notes: Review   ,  Word Count: 63  
    Although nursing has always used nonpharmacologic interventions for the relief of the discomforts of childbirth, alternative and complementary therapies are becoming more acceptable. Alternative and complementary therapies are based on a balance of body, mind, and spirit. Kolcaba's theory of holistic comfort is proposed as a framework for guiding nurses to use alternative and complementary therapies in the comfort care of laboring women.