Religious/Spiritual Characteristics of Indian and Indonesian Physicians and Their Acceptance of Spirituality in Health care: A Cross-Cultural Comparison

• Published in: Journal of religion and health Vol. 54; no. 2; pp. 649 - 663
• Main Authors: Ramakrishnan, P., Karimah, A., Kuntaman, K., Shukla, A., Ansari, B. K. M., Rao, P. H., Ahmed, M., Tribulato, A., Agarwal, A. K., Koenig, H. G., Murthy, P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston Springer 01.04.2015; Springer US; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Aging; Attitude of Health Personnel; Clinical Psychology; Complementary Therapies - psychology; Cross-Cultural Comparison; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Humans; India; Indonesia; Integrative Medicine; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Original Paper; Physicians; Physicians - psychology; Physicians - statistics & numerical data; Pilot Projects; Public Health; Religion; Religion and Medicine; Religious Studies; Spirituality; Surveys and Questionnaires; India; Indonesia; Spirituality; Allopathy; Religion; Curriculum; Transcultural; TCAM; Integrative medicine

Religious/spiritual (r/s) characteristics of physicians influence their attitude toward integrative medicine and spiritual care. Indonesia physicians collaborate with traditional, complementary, and alternative medicine (TCAM) professionals within modern healthcare system, while Indian physicians ar...