Literature DB >> 7794466

Choice of traditional or modern treatment in west Burkina Faso.

L Carpentier1, T Prazuck, F Vincent-Ballereau, L T Ouédraogo, C Lafaix.   

Abstract

A recent survey shows that patients turn to modern medicine more than traditional medicine for most of their needs except rheumatic and neurological complaints. However, the preferences stated are influenced on the one hand by the much lower cost of traditional services, and on the other by official disapproval of animistic practices.

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Year:  1995        PMID: 7794466

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  World Health Forum        ISSN: 0251-2432


  2 in total

Review 1.  Trends and challenges of traditional medicine in Africa.

Authors:  Ali Arazeem Abdullahi
Journal:  Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med       Date:  2011-07-03

2.  'This diarrhoea is not a disease …' local illness concepts and their effects on mothers' health seeking behaviour: a qualitative study, Shuhair, Yemen.

Authors:  Hana H Webair; Abdulla S Bin Ghouth
Journal:  BMC Public Health       Date:  2014-06-10       Impact factor: 3.295

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