Status of complementary and alternative medicine in the curricula of health colleges in Saudi Arabia

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 334-339

  Al Rukban, Mohamed Othman ^a   AlBedah, Abdullah M N ^b   Khalil, Mohamed K M ^b   El Olemy, Ahmed Tawfik ^b   Khalil, Asim Abdelmoneim Hussein ^b   Alrasheid, Mohamed Hashim Suliman ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Ministry of Health ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Alternative; CAM; Complementary; Curriculum; Health college; Saudi

Indexed keywords

ALLIED HEALTH EDUCATION; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL EDUCATION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EDUCATION PROGRAM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSING EDUCATION; PHARMACY EDUCATION; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA; SEMI STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHER;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL; FACULTY; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOLS, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS;

EID: 84864762105     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2012.05.006     Document Type: Article

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