2018
DOI: 10.36108/njsa/8102/61(0260)
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Continuity and Change in the Practice of Traditional Medicine in Modern Nigeria

Abstract: Traditional Medicine (TM) is the indigenous system by which different societies provide health care for her members. It developed based on the cultural conception of health and illness, and therapeutic materials that abound in the physical environment of a people. TM involves preventive, diagnostic and curative approaches that do not necessarily align with the methods of modern science. With a pre-historic origin, TM has culminated in its present form through various evolutionary processes including innovation… Show more

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“…Owumi, Kolo [10] (2018), stated that the promoters of herbal medicine have often portrayed a high level of accessibility to the community than orthodox health care providers and accessibility can be rated based on the infrastructure and number of staff available to a patient i.e., the health care provider to patient ratio. This study shows a lack in basic infrastructure as, 152 (45.1%) had space to accommodate less than 5 patients at once, about one-fifth, 80 (23.7%) of respondents had no space to attend to patients, 90 (28.6%) respondents could accommodate between 6 -20 patients and only 8 persons had the capacity to accommodate above 20 patients (Fig.…”
Section: A Space and Staffmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Owumi, Kolo [10] (2018), stated that the promoters of herbal medicine have often portrayed a high level of accessibility to the community than orthodox health care providers and accessibility can be rated based on the infrastructure and number of staff available to a patient i.e., the health care provider to patient ratio. This study shows a lack in basic infrastructure as, 152 (45.1%) had space to accommodate less than 5 patients at once, about one-fifth, 80 (23.7%) of respondents had no space to attend to patients, 90 (28.6%) respondents could accommodate between 6 -20 patients and only 8 persons had the capacity to accommodate above 20 patients (Fig.…”
Section: A Space and Staffmentioning
confidence: 99%