TRADITIONAL BONE SETTERS; PREFERENCE AND PATRONAGE
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Utilization of traditional bone-setters in the treatment of bone fracture in Ibadan North Local Government
The World Health Organization had recommended the integration of traditional and modern medicine. However traditional medicine as well as traditional bone-setting had received poor recognition in Nigeria. This notwithstanding traditional bone-setters still enjoys patronage from the populace in Ibadan and the practitioners abound in almost every part of the country. This study focused on the cau...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Professional Medical Journal
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1024-8919,2071-7733
DOI: 10.17957/tpmj/15.2944