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	Institution: STANFORD Univ Med Center  | My Account | E-mail Alerts | Access Rights | Sign In Vol. 2 No. 12, December 1993   Archives  •  Online Features Brief Reports  This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citation map  • Citing articles on HighWire  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal Attitudes of Family Physicians to Nonconventional Therapies A Challenge to Science as the Basis of Therapeutics Liora Schachter, MD; Michael A. Weingarten, BM, BCh; Ernesto E. Kahan, MD, MPH Arch Fam Med. 1993;2(12):1268-1270. Abstract Eighty-nine Israeli family physicians responded to a questionnaire on their experience with nonconventional therapies (NCTs) and their opinions about the scientific basis and clinical efficacy of these treatments. They were also asked whether they thought that NCTs should be incorporated into regular medical practice. Seventeen percent of the physicians had formal training in some form of NCT and 11% thought the scientific basis of these treatments was sound; however, a majority (54%) thought they may be clinically useful. Forty-two percent had referred patients for such treatments. The majority thought that NCTs should be incorporated into medical practice. Our survey suggests that many physicians are not using the tools of scientific critical appraisal in forming their views on NCTs. Author Affiliations From the Department of Family Medicine, Kupat Holim, Beilinson Medical Center, Petah Tikva (Drs Schachter, Weingarten, and Kahan), and the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv (Israel) University (Drs Weingarten and Kahan). THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES Utilization of Western Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine Services by Physicians and Their Relatives: The Role of Training Background Huang et al. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 2009;0:nep094v1-nep094. ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT   Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Comparison of Current Knowledge, Attitudes and Interest among German Medical Students and Doctors Munstedt et al. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 2008;0:nen079v1-nen079. ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT   Physicians' Attitudes Toward Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Their Knowledge of Specific Therapies: A Survey at an Academic Medical Center Wahner-Roedler et al. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 2006;3:495-501. ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT   Satisfaction with Family Physicians and Specialists and the use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Israel Shmueli and Shuval Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 2006;3:273-278. ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT   Meridians, Chakras and Psycho-Neuro-Immunology: The Dematerializing Body and the Domestication of Alternative Medicine Fadlon Body Society 2004;10:69-86. ABSTRACT   Changing Boundaries: Modes of Coexistence of Alternative and Biomedicine Shuval and Mizrachi Qual Health Res 2004;14:675-690. ABSTRACT   Knowledge of, Attitudes Toward, and Experience of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Western Medicine- and Oriental Medicine-Trained Physicians in Korea Lee et al. AJPH 2002;92:1994-2000. ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT   Use and Referral Patterns for 22 Complementary and Alternative Medical Therapies by Members of the American College of Rheumatology: Results of a National Survey Berman et al. Arch Intern Med 2002;162:766-770. ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT   COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE: WHAT IS IT ALL ABOUT? Ernst and Fugh-Berman Occup. Environ. Med. 2002;59:140-144. FULL TEXT   Collaborative Relationships of Alternative Practitioners and Physicians in Israel: An Exploratory Study Shuval Complementary Health Practice Review 2001;7:111-125. ABSTRACT   A Critical Review of the Sociology of Alternative Medicine: Research on Users, Practitioners and the Orthodoxy Siahpush Health (London) 2000;4:159-178. ABSTRACT   Nurses' Evidentiary Expectations of Conventional and Alternative Therapies Holl and Strevy Complementary Health Practice Review 1999;5:121-126. ABSTRACT   A Review of the Incorporation of Complementary and Alternative Medicine by Mainstream Physicians Astin et al. Arch Intern Med 1998;158:2303-2310. ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT   Pediatricians' Experience With and Attitudes Toward Complementary/Alternative Medicine Sikand and Laken Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 1998;152:1059-1064. ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT   Complementary Medicine: What Physicians Think of It: A Meta-analysis Ernst et al. Arch Intern Med 1995;155:2405-2408. ABSTRACT   Nonconventional Therapies Littge Arch Fam Med 1994;3:487-487. ABSTRACT   You Can Be Both Conventional and Nonconventional Abend Arch Fam Med 1994;3:487-488. ABSTRACT   HOME | CURRENT ISSUE | PAST ISSUES | TOPIC COLLECTIONS | CME | PHYSICIAN JOBS | HELP CONDITIONS OF USE | PRIVACY POLICY | CONTACT US | SITE MAP   © 1993 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.