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Acceptance of change in the healthcare paradigm from reductionism to holism.

Kubsch S, O'Shaughnessy J, Carrick J, Willihnganz T, Henricks-Soderberg L, Sloan SA

University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Drive, Green Bay, WI 54311, USA. kubschm@uwgb.edu

The purpose of this study was to examine acceptance of change of the healthcare paradigm from reductionism to holism among consumers of healthcare, physicians, and registered nurses. Inaccuracy in perception of acceptance of the holistic paradigm can limit conversation about and use of complementary therapies. Study results did not show a significant difference in acceptance of change between the 3 groups.

Published 1 May 2007 in Holist Nurs Pract, 21(3): 140-51.
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