A socio-cultural study of traditional healers role in African health care.
Chioma C AsuzuE O Akin-OdanyeM C AsuzuJ HollandPublished in: Infectious agents and cancer (2019)
Patients and alternative healers have a poor understanding of the causes and treatment of cancer. They desire to seek a closer collaboration between healers and western physicians to enhance better care for cancer patients. This has implication for policy makers who will facilitate the relationship in order to control cancer care and improve the quality of care of cancer patients in Nigeria.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- end stage renal disease
- quality improvement
- palliative care
- ejection fraction
- primary care
- chronic kidney disease
- public health
- papillary thyroid
- peritoneal dialysis
- affordable care act
- squamous cell carcinoma
- south africa
- prognostic factors
- mental health
- lymph node metastasis
- health information
- smoking cessation