Knowledge and attitudes of primary health care physicians towards complementary and alternative medicine in the Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia

Forschende Komplementarmedizin

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-12

  Abdullah Al Rowais, Norah ^a   Al Bedah, Abdullah M N ^b   Khalil, Mohamed K M ^b   El Olemy, Ahmed Tawfik ^b,c   Khalil, Asim A H ^b   Alrasheid, Mohamed H S ^b   Al Khashan, Hisham ^d   Al Yousef, Mansour ^e   Abdel Razak Ba Fart, Ahmed ^e  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Ministry of Health ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

^c TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d Armed ForcesHospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^e Regional Health Affairs   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Alternative; Attitude; Complementary; Knowledge; Medicine; Primary health care physicians; Saudi Arabia; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84858325838     PISSN: 16614119     EISSN: 16614127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000335814     Document Type: Article

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