Introduction: People have turned to complementary and alternative medicine in recent years. Since the social factors are effective in this trend, the purpose of this article is to review these factors associated with the tendency of patients to complementary and alternative medicine. Methods: This article was done by qualitative content analysis method with the inductive developmental style of...

Addiction is a global problem that is facing most of the countries throughout the world. The billions of dollars are the cost of drug addiction, in addition to health care costs and lack of human-resource productivity. Therapeutic actions in many cases do not lead to positive results. Therefore, the importance of preventative efforts and coping with the tendency to misuse substance is clearly u...

Background & Aims: Provision of proper care by nurses without considering their prosocial tendencies is not possible. This concept is an important component of nursing care quality. The present study aimed to determine the prosocial tendencies among nurses. Materials & Methods: This cross-sectional, descriptive study was on 200 nurses employed in four teaching hospitals affiliated to Iran Univ...