Structural constraints and opportunities for CAM use and referral by physicians, nurses, and midwives

This article examines the attitudes and reported behaviors of physicians, nurses, and midwives regarding complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), with respect to one key theme that emerged from a broader qualitative study. Of central interest are the structural influences identified by study participants that either act as constraints or opportunities for their professional use of or referral for CAM. In an effort to interpret these …