Demographics and meta-analysis of complementary and alternative medicine in health care systems

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Demographics and meta-analysis of complementary and alternative medicine in health care systems 1. Said Ibrahim Shalaby Department of Complementary Medicine, Medical Division, National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt 2. Mosleh Abd Elrahman Ismail Family Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Cairo, Egypt 3. Mohammed Salem Nasrallah Family Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Cairo, Egypt 4. Eman Ebraheem Mahmoud Darwish Family Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Cairo, Egypt 5. Neelima Gupta # guptagrawal at rediffmail dot com Department of Animal Science, MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly 243006, UP, India # : corresponding author DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.13070/rs.en.1.749 Date 2014-04-30 Cite as Research 2014;1:749 License CC-BY Abstract Awareness of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) among physicians is not widespread. Our objective was to conduct a cross sectional study on primary health care physicians working in 26 primary health care centers and units in Port Said assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of physicians in primary care towards CAM in Port Said, Egypt. The attitude of physicians towards CAM therapy is very supportive if delivered by a specialized and qualified CAM practitioner. According to a questionnaire, 82.1% of physicians defined CAM appropriately and acquired knowledge from television