The 1 st PIKSI INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON KNOWLEDGE AND SCIENCE POLITEKNIK PIKSI GANESHA 18-19 NOVEMBER 2014, BANDUNG andrianliem@yahoo.com DIFFERENCES IN ATTITUDES BETWEEN PSYCHOLOGISTS AND PHYSICIANS TOWARD SPIRITUALITY COMPLEMENTARY-ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE (CAM) IN SURABAYA Sofia Mahlevi Andrian Liem Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Ciputra Surabaya, Indonesia andrianliem@yahoo.com Abstract The use of complementary-alternative medicine (CAM) on society is increasing at this time. One type of CAM is the spirituality that can be defined as something related to the soul (spirit) or mental associated with God, ourselves and others, as well as providing attitude and behavior in accordance with the beliefs of a person. Approach to spirituality can encourage individuals to explain suffering and challenges that are being faced by the belief that owned and ultimately concluded that all experienced is not an affliction. Spirituality is also needed in palliative care for being the source of the meaningfulness of life, affect treatment options and care, as well as the attitude towards the process of dying in patients with chronic diseases. Health workers need to be sensitive to the needs of the client will be the issue of spirituality. Unfortunately various studies showed that many health workers who are not concerned with the fulfillment of the spirituality needs of the client and reject it. This study investigated the differentiation between psychologists and physicians toward spirituality CAM. Data from 19 respondents that processed with Mann-Whitney U test showed no difference in attitude toward spirituality CAM between psychologists and physicians (U=27, p>0,05). Psychologists’ attitude toward effectivity of spirituality CAM (mean=6,8) tend to be lower than physicians’ (mean=7,4). However, psychologists’ attitude about CAM integration (mean=3,1) slightly different with physicians’ (mean=3,0). But those differences did not proven significant (U=29, p>0,05; U=33, p>0,05). The further discussion about attitude towards spirituality CAM between psychologists and physicians can be seen inside this paper. Keywords: complementary-alternative medicine, attitude, spirituality, physician, clinical psychologist Theme/Subject: Health and Medical Record