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Indigenous and faith healing for mental health in Ghana: An examination of the literature on reported beliefs, practices and use of alternative mental health care in Ghana
BACKGROUND: For many people in African countries, various forms of health care are utilised for the treatment of illness. This pluralistic nature of health seeking includes the use of indigenous, faith and allopathic medicines for care. AIM: In this article, our aim was to gain insight into the exis...
Autores principales: | Kpobi, Lily, Swartz, Leslie |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6676964/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31368321 http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v11i1.1941 |
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