The Knowledge, Attitudes and Usage of Complementary and Alternative Medicine of Medical Students
Table 1
Questions endorsed at the highest levels by all 3 years of students.
The spiritual beliefs and practices of patients play no important role in healing, and practices of patients play no important role in healing. (reverse scored)
A strong relationship between patient and physician can equally important as other therapeutic interventions.
Physicians who model a balanced lifestyle (i.e. Attending to their own health, social, family and spiritual needs, as well as interests beyond medicine) generate improved patient satisfaction.
Physicians who strive to understand themselves generate improved patient satisfaction.
Teaching medicine based on a healing model, which integrates the biochemical, psychological, social, and spiritual components of disease, will lead to better patient care.
