RT Book, Section
A1 Langston, Shannon M.
A1 Bales, Brian D.
A2 Knoop, Kevin J.
A2 Stack, Lawrence B.
A2 Storrow, Alan B.
A2 Thurman, R. Jason
SR Print(0)
ID 1181051518
T1 Traditional Medicine in the Tropics
T2 The Atlas of Emergency Medicine, 5e
YR 2021
FD 2021
PB McGraw-Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260134940
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1181051518
RD 2024/04/18
AB According  to  WHO,  traditional  medicine  is  the  sum  of  the  knowledge,  skills,  and  practices  based  on  the  theories,  beliefs,  and  experiences  indigenous  to  different  cultures,  whether  explicable  or  not,  used  in  the  maintenance  of  health  as  well  as  in  the  prevention,  diagnosis,  improvement,  or  treatment  of  physical  and  mental  illness.  Such  practices  are  common  worldwide  and,  while  frequently  used  in  developed  countries,  they  are  even  more  prevalent  in  the  tropics.  As  many  as  80%  of  people  in  some  countries  rely  upon  traditional  medical  practices  as  their  primary  form  of  health  care.  Poverty,  lack  of  education,  decreased  access  to  standard  medical  care,  and  mistrust  of  Western  medical  concepts  all  play  a  role.