Exploring predictors of health sciences students' attitudes towards complementary-alternative medicine

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-53

  Pettersen, Sverre ^a   Olsen, Rolf V ^b  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Complementary alternative medicine; Epistemology; Health sciences education; Regression analysis; Worldview

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS;

EID: 33846554821     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-005-3054-1     Document Type: Article

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