Role of traditional bonesSetters in Africa: Experience in Calabar, Nigeria

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 170-173

  Udosen, A M ^a,b   Otei, O O ^a   Onuba, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

^b NONE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Bone setting; Traditional

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE INJURY; DISLOCATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NIGERIA; POVERTY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BELIEF; SPIRITUAL CARE; SPIRITUAL HEALING; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WOUND CARE;

EID: 34250756503     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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