Israeli Nurses’ Attitudes to the Holistic Approach to Health and Their Use of Complementary and Alternative Therapies

Journal of Holistic Nursing

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 19-26

  Orkaby, Brurya ^a   Greenberger, Chaya ^a  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

attitudes; autonomous practice; biomedical approach; complementary alternative therapy; holistic approach; nursing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOLISTIC NURSING; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; NURSE; NURSING; NURSING PRACTICE; PHILOSOPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HOLISTIC NURSING; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; NURSES; PRACTICE PATTERNS, NURSES'; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84922784979     PISSN: 08980101     EISSN: 15525724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898010114542876     Document Type: Article

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