Health professional beliefs, knowledge, and concerns surrounding medicinal cannabis - A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The number of jurisdictions allowing access to medicinal cannabis has been steadily increasing since the state of California introduced legislation in 1996. Although there is a high degree of legislative heterogeneity across jurisdictions, the involvement of a health professional is common among all. This places health professionals at the forefront of therapy, yet no systematic review of literature has offered insight into the beliefs, knowledge, and concerns of health professionals regarding medicinal cannabis.

Methods

Using a predetermined study protocol, PubMed, EMBASE, PsycINFO, CINAHL, and Scopus databases were searched for studies indexed up to the 1st August 2018. Pre-defined inclusion and exclusion criteria were applied uniformly. Screening for relevancy,

SUBMITTER: Gardiner KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6502454 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature