The role of traditional healers in tooth extractions in Lekie Division, Cameroon

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Agbor, Ashu M ^a   Naidoo, Sudeshni ^a   Mbia, Awono M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b Bamenda   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ADULT; AFRICAN MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAMEROON; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENTAL PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PAIN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYTOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

ADULT; CAMEROON; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; PAIN; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TOOTH EXTRACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959712049     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-7-15     Document Type: Article

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