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Table 9 How respondents see the future of CAM in medical practice: n (%)

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

 

Doctors (n = 77)

Nurses (n = 172)

Pharmacists (n = 30)

Others (n = 83)

CM alone

8 (10.4)

6 (3.5)

2 (6.7)

3 (3.6)

CM and CAM at the patient’s discretion

9 (11.7)

40 (23.3)

2 (6.7)

7 (8.4)

CM and CAM at the doctor’s discretion

11 (14.3)

31 (18.0)

8 (26.7)

10 (12.0)

CM and evidence-based CAM as integrative medicine

47 (61.0)

73 (42.4)

16 (53.3)

55 (66.3)

No response

2 (2.6)

22 (12.8)

2 (6.7)

7 (8.4)

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