Complementary and alternative medicine and the search for knowledge by conventional health care practitioners

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-49

  Dayhew, Miriam ^a   Wilkinson, Jenny M ^a   Simpson, Maree D ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alternative; Attitudes; CAM; Complementary; Education

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 73949091585     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.33.1.41     Document Type: Article

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