Investigating Views of Science- and Humanities- Tertiary Educated Adults on Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Title
Investigating Views of Science- and Humanities- Tertiary Educated Adults on Complementary and Alternative Medicines
Publication Date
2016
Author(s)
Quinn, Frances
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3144-3416
Email: fquinn@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:fquinn
Taylor, Neil
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8438-319X
Email: ntaylor6@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:ntaylor6
Coll, Richard Kevin
McClune, William
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Common Ground Research Networks
Place of publication
United States of America
UNE publication id
une:19779
Abstract
This qualitative study explored the understandings of people with a university education in science and those without a university science background about the evidence base relating to Complementary and Alternative Medicine- a controversial multibillion-dollar industry on a global scale. The findings indicated that science- trained and nonscience- trained respondents alike valued scientific rigor and testing in relation to health care but also used subjective kinds of evidence in justifying their views and decisions about CAMS. In addition, both science and humanities graduates engaged with evidence in similar ways as defined by "habits of mind." These findings are discussed in relation to their implications for science education and engagement with scientific ideas, including scientific literacy and the belief systems that people bring to their understanding of science.
Link
Citation
The International Journal of Science in Society, 8(3), p. 31-50
ISSN
1836-6236
1836-6244
Start page
31
End page
50

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