| A cross-sectional study on the perceptions and practices of modern and traditional health practitioners about traditional medicine in Dembia district, north western Ethiopia. | |
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PMID: 20548932 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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A cross-sectional study pertaining to the practices and perceptions of modern and traditional health practitioners on Traditional Medicine (TM) was carried out from February 25 to April 4, 2008. The results of the study showed that almost all the practitioners in both systems expressed their willingness to collaborate among each other to promote the positive elements of TM. As traditional healing knowledge is still being handed over from one generation to the next, mainly through word of mouth, which will lead to distortion or a total demise of the original knowledge, this report indicates the urgency to document the same. Moreover, the report also implies the need for educating and training the practitioners of the two systems. More also has to be done to create a discussion forum for both modern and TM practitioners, to enable them to share their knowledge. Government support for promotion and development of TM should be considered as a goal to be seriously pursued. The government should also contribute by helping them financially and by arranging training and education for the improvement of the healthcare system given to the public. |
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Muthuswamy Ragunathan; Hawi Tadesse; Rebecca Tujuba |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2010-02-13 |
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Title: Pharmacognosy magazine Volume: 6 ISSN: 0976-4062 ISO Abbreviation: Pharmacogn Mag Publication Date: 2010 Jan |
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Created Date: 2010-06-15 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101300403 Medline TA: Pharmacogn Mag Country: India |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 19-25 Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Pharmacognosy, PGP College of Pharmacy, Namakal, Tamilnadu, India. |
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