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Table 7 Attitudes of health care providers towards CAM users: n (%)

From: Knowledge, attitudes, and practices among health care providers regarding complementary and alternative medicine in Trinidad and Tobago

 

Ignored patient

Recommended CAM

Remained neutral

Prescribed CAM and CM

Other

No response

Doctors (n = 77)

1 (1.3)

15 (19.5)

39 (50.6)

8 (10.4)

9 (11.7)

5 (6.5)

Nurses (n = 172)

3 (1.5)

8 (8.2)

90 (52.6)

22 (12.9)

18 (10.5)

24 (14.0)

Pharmacists (n = 30)

0 (0.0)

2 (6.7)

11 (36.7)

9 (30.0)

5 (16.7)

3 (10.0)

Others (n = 83)

3 (3.6)

12 (14.5)

40 (48.2)

9 (10.8)

13 (15.7)

6 (7.2)

  1. CAM complementary and alternative medicine, CM conventional medicine
  2. Data are the number (percentage)