Traditional medicine in Bulamogi county, Uganda: Its practitioners, users and viability

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 119-129

  Tabuti, J R S ^a,b   Dhillion, S S ^a,c   Lye, K A ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Disease; Health care; Orthodox medicine; Traditional knowledge; Traditional medicine; Traditional medicine practitioners; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HEALING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIABILITY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UGANDA;

EID: 0037360162     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(02)00378-1     Document Type: Article

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