The effect of attitudes, subjective norms and stigma on health-care providers' intention to recommend medicinal cannabis to patients.

Semyon MelnikovAnat AboavEster ShalomShoshi PhriedmanKhaled Khalaila

Published in: International journal of nursing practice (2020)

Among nurses and physicians, stigma towards medicinal cannabis users mediated the relationship between attitudes towards the medical use of cannabis and the intention to recommend medicinal cannabis for patients with qualifying conditions, whereas subjective norms moderated this relationship. Effective treatment with medicinal cannabis might be compromised by health-care providers' negative attitudes, stigma and subjective norms.

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