Practices and Perspectives of Traditional Bone Setters in Northern Tanzania

Practices and Perspectives of Traditional Bone Setters in Northern Tanzania

Background: Traditional health practitioners remain a critical source of care in Tanzania, more than 50% of Tanzanians frequently using their services. With a severe shortage of orthopaedic surgeons (1:3.3 million Tanzanians) traditional bone setters (TBSs) could potentially expand access to musculo...

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Autores principales: Elizabeth B. Card, Joy E. Obayemi, Octavian Shirima, Matayo Lazaro, Honest Massawe, John W. Stanifer, Ajay Premkumar, Neil P. Sheth
Formato: article
Lenguaje:EN
Publicado: Ubiquity Press 2020
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traditional medicine, traditional healers, bone setting, international health, global surgery, sub-saharan africa, trauma, orthopaedics
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/353dc3ee97354e4a982d3b2cd8872e6a
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