Knowledge, perceptions and attitudes toward complementary and alternative therapies among Kuwaiti medical and pharmacy students

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 350-354

  Awad, A I ^a   Al Ajmi, S ^a   Waheedi, M A ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative therapies; Kuwaiti medical pharmacy students

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUTERIZATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERCEPTION; PHARMACY STUDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACULTY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, PHARMACY;

EID: 84862234662     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: 14230151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000336216     Document Type: Article

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