Knowledge, attitudes and practice of general practitioners towards complementary and alternative medicine in Doha, Qatar

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dc.creatorAl Shaar, I.A.M.S.
dc.creatorIsmail, M.F.S.
dc.creatorYousuf, W.A.A.A.
dc.creatorSalama, R.E.
dc.date2014-06-17T09:11:27Z
dc.date2014-06-17T09:11:27Z
dc.date2010-12-31
dc.date.accessioned2026-08-03T09:33:10Z
dc.description522-527
dc.descriptionA cross-sectional study of knowledge, attitudes and practice of general practitioners [GPs] towards complementary and alternative medicine [CAM] was conducted in Doha, Qatar. Out of 119 respondents, 39.1% reported poor knowledge about CAM. Self-reported knowledge was highest for counselling and psychotherapy [69.0%], diet and supplements [68.1%], acupuncture [45.2%], herbal medicine [47.3%] and massage [42.5%]. While 83.8% described their attitude to CAM as welcoming and 97.5% were interested to learn more about it, fewer [30.1%] had practised it before, referred patients [24.8%] or asked patients' about their use of CAM [34.8%]. Their own lack of knowledge and training in CAM was seen as a barrier to its use by 60.0% of the GPs
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dc.identifier1020-3397
dc.identifierhttp://applications.emro.who.int/emhj/V16/05/16_5_2010_0522_0527.pdf
dc.identifierhttps://iris.who.int/handle/10665/117910
dc.identifier.urihttps://repo.dare.co.zw/handle/123456789/232200
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen
dc.relationEMHJ - Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 16 (5), 522-527, 2010
dc.subjectHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
dc.subjectCross-Sectional Studies
dc.subjectPhysicians, Family
dc.subjectHerbal Medicine
dc.subjectQuestionnaires
dc.subjectComplementary Therapies
dc.titleKnowledge, attitudes and practice of general practitioners towards complementary and alternative medicine in Doha, Qatar

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