TY - JOUR AU - Giannelli, Massimo AU - Cuttini, Marina AU - Da Frè, Monica AU - Buiatti, Eva PY - 2007 DA - 2007/05/15 TI - General practitioners' knowledge and practice of complementary/alternative medicine and its relationship with life-styles: a population-based survey in Italy JO - BMC Family Practice SP - 30 VL - 8 IS - 1 AB - The growing popularity of CAM among the public is coupled with an ongoing debate on its effectiveness, safety, and its implications on the reimbursement system. This issue is critically important for GPs, who have a "gatekeeping" role with respect to health care expenditure. GPs must be aware of medications' uses, limitations and possible adverse effects. Our objective was to explore GPs' knowledge of CAM and patterns of recommendation and practice, as well as the relationship between such patterns and GPs' life-styles. SN - 1471-2296 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-8-30 DO - 10.1186/1471-2296-8-30 ID - Giannelli2007 ER -