Pharmacy students' self-reported health behaviours and spiritual practices and attitudes toward complementary and alternative medicine

Pharmacy Education

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-20

  Pokladnikova, Jitka ^a   Désirée, Lie ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CAM attitudes; Cam use; Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM); Health behaviours; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AROMATHERAPY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CZECH REPUBLIC; EXERCISE; HEALING; HEALTH BELIEF; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; LEISURE; MASSAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHARMACY STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; YOGA;

EID: 84875867877     PISSN: 15602214     EISSN: 14772701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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