Summary: | Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Department of Social and Clinical Pharmacy, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic Student: Tereza Lasáková Tutor: PharmDr. Jitka Pokladníková, Ph.D. Title of Diploma Thesis: ATTITUDES OF PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACY TECHNICIANS TOWARDS COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE Background: The popularity of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is increasing and becoming more and more competition for conventional medicine. Opinions on the CAM among pharmacists and pharmacy technicians have not yet been assessed in the Czech Republic. Aim: Primarily to evaluace the attitudes of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to CAM. Secondarily, to determine if there is a correlation between a positive approach to CAM and gender, age, length of practice in a pharmacy, a population of place in which the pharmacy is located, a fiction which the interviewee in a pharmacy performs or educational attainment (acquired title). Methods: Within the research project - a pilot survey "Complementary and alternative medicine - a surfy of opinion on health", we obtain data using a validated anonymous questionnaire. The questionnaire survey was carried out between 1/2/2009 - 31/5/2009 in selected Czech pharmacies. The data were evaluated in the komputer programs MS Excel and SPSS....
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