title: [Attitudes of family physicians to alternative medicine].
abstract: 80 Israeli family physicians (51.25% men and 48.75% women) participated in a telephone survey concerning attitudes, practices and experience with alternative medicine. 23.75% reported practicing 1 or more alternative techniques, most commonly acupuncture (28%) and hypnotherapy (24%). 55% had referred at least 1 patient to an alternative practitioner during the preceding month. Physicians who studied in Israel or Western countries referred more patients than graduates of medical schools of Eastern Europe. Specialists referred patients more often than residents. The most common reason for referral was back pain.
authors.affiliation: Brull-Tel Aviv Community Mental Health Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheba.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sarel
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Borkan
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Carasso
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bernstein
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Rozovsky
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D000529:Complementary Therapies; D005060:Europe / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D010821:Physicians, Family; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D013689:Telephone