Traditional herbalists and cancer management in Kumasi, Ghana

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 573-579

  O'Brien, Kieran S ^a   Soliman, Amr S ^a   Annan, Kofi ^b   Lartey, Richard N ^b   Awuah, Baffour ^c   Merajver, Sofia D ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^c KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Epidemiology; Ghana; Traditional herbalists

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84866737509     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-012-0370-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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