Choice of Healer: An important area of interest for general practitioners
Keywords:
Patient Acceptance of Health Care, Physicians, Family, Physician, patient relations, Private Practice, Hospital personnel, Fees, Medical, Medicine, Traditional, Self Medication
Abstract
This paper emphasizes the universal aspects of the choice of healer by patients, and the whole range and variety of healing resources which patients are consulting as well as the motivation s affecting such choices. GPs should be aware of this reality.
Published
2012-03-17
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