Nurses’ attitudes towards complementary therapies: A systematic review and meta-synthesis

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 69, Issue , 2017, Pages 47-56

  Hall, Helen ^a,b   Leach, Matthew ^a,c   Brosnan, Caragh ^a,d   Collins, Melissa ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^e Endeavour College of Natural Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine; Complementary medicine; Complementary therapies; Meta synthesis; Nurse; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATHY; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CINAHL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; EMPOWERMENT; HUMAN; MEDLINE; NURSING PRACTICE; OCCUPATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SYNTHESIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; META ANALYSIS; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HUMANS; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 85012278077     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2017.01.008     Document Type: Review

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