From traditional medicine to witchcraft: Why medical treatments are not always efficacious

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Tanaka, Mark M ^a   Kendal, Jeremy R ^b   Laland, Kevin N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MALPRACTICE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; SELF MEDICATION; SUPERSTITION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WITCHCRAFT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREATMENT FAILURE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; SELF MEDICATION; SUPERSTITIONS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 65349166686     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005192     Document Type: Article

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