Table 2 Factor variance explained, Eigen value, and item factor loadings for the final solution

Factor 1: Openness

It is ethical for physicians to recommend therapies to patients that involve the use of subtle energy fields in and around the body for medical purposes (i.e. Reiki, Healing touch, Therapeutic touch, etc.)

Physicians should avoid recommending botanical medicines based on observations of long-term use in other cultures and systems of healing, because such evidence is not based on large randomized controlled trials.

Physicians should warn patients to avoid using botanical medicines (herbs) and dietary supplements until they have undergone rigorous testing such as is required for any pharmaceutical drug

Massage therapy often makes patients "feel" better temporarily, but does not lead to objective improvement in long-term outcomes for patients

Healing is not possible when a disease is incurable

Therapeutic touch has been completely discredited as a healing modality

It is irresponsible for physicians to recommend acupuncture to patients with conditions like chemotherapy-related nausea and vomiting or headache

The physician's role is primarily to promote the health and healing of the physical body

Information obtained by research methods other than randomized controlled trials has little value to physicians

The spiritual beliefs and practices of patients play no important role in healing

It is not desirable for a physician to take therapeutic advantage of the placebo effect

Chiropractic is a valuable method for resolving a wide variety of musculoskeletal problems

A patient is healed when the underlying pathological processes are corrected or controlled

Patients whose physicians are knowledgeable of multiple medical systems and complementary and alternative practices, in addition to conventional medicine, do better than those whose physicians are only familiar with conventional medicine

The spiritual beliefs and practices of physicians play no important role in healing

Physicians knowledgeable of multiple medical systems and complementary and alternative practices, in addition to conventional medicine, generate improved patient satisfaction

End of life care should be valued as an opportunity for physicians to help patients heal profoundly

The physician's role is primarily to treat disease, not to address personal change and growth of patients

It is appropriate for physicians to use intuition as a major factor in determining appropriate therapies for patients

The physician's role is primarily to promote the health and healing of the physical body

The innate healing capacity of patients often determines the outcome of the case regardless of treatment interventions

Factor2: Relationships

Physicians who strive to understand themselves generate improved patient satisfaction

A strong relationship between patient and physician is an extremely valuable therapeutic intervention that leads to improved outcomes

Physicians who model a balanced lifestyle (i.e. Attending to their own health, social, family and spiritual needs, as well as interests beyond medicine) generate improved patient satisfaction

Counseling on nutrition should be a major role of the physician towards the prevention of chronic disease

Quality of life measures are of equal importance as disease specific outcomes in research

Physicians who strive to understand themselves provide better care than those who do not.

Physicians should be prepared to answer patient's questions regarding the safety, efficacy, and proper usage of commonly used botanical medicines such as Saw Palmetto, St. John's Wort, Valerian, et

Instilling hope in patients is a physician's duty