Knowledge, attitude and use of complementary and integrative health strategies: A preliminary survey of Iranian nurses

Journal of Integrative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 121-127

  Balouchi, Abbas ^a   Rahnama, Mozhgan ^a   Hastings Tolsma, Marie ^b   Shoja, Mohammadali M ^c   Bolaydehyi, Enayatollah ^a  

^a ZABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

attitude and use; complementary and alternative medicine; complementary and integrative health; knowledge; nurses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFERENTIAL STATISTICS; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; IRAN; IRANIAN PEOPLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING KNOWLEDGE; PRELIMINARY COMMUNICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; NURSE;

ADULT; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; IRAN; MALE; NURSES;

EID: 85050579325     PISSN: 20954964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2095-4964(16)60245-5     Document Type: Article

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