Sociological portrait of russian specialists in ayurvedic medicine

Abstract

An anonymous sociological survey of 89 doctors and specialists from different cities and regions of the Russian Federation practicing ayurvedic methods was conducted. It is shown that this contingent in sociological terms differs little from «ordinary» colleagues, they have sufficient both general medical and «ayurvedic» experience, and are convinced by personal experience of the effectiveness of Ayurvedic methods.

Keywords

• ayurveda
• traditional medicine
• sociology