Factors contributing to the public proneness towards quacks in Sindh

The present study is to explore the factors and reasons behind public proneness towards quacks in the rural areas of Sindh, Pakistan and to manifest the public on how these quacks are duping vulnerable and quackery-prone peoples for financial gain which may induce human lives in life-threatening hea...

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Autores principales: Khan, Rehan, Mustufa, Muhammad Ayaz, Hussain, Saqib
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7778161/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33447329
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2020.37.174.23411
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author Khan, Rehan
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description The present study is to explore the factors and reasons behind public proneness towards quacks in the rural areas of Sindh, Pakistan and to manifest the public on how these quacks are duping vulnerable and quackery-prone peoples for financial gain which may induce human lives in life-threatening health conditions. The study also interprets a better understanding of the public needs, especially in the rural areas of the Sindh that may give a hope for deliverance from quacks.
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spelling pubmed-77781612021-01-13 Factors contributing to the public proneness towards quacks in Sindh Khan, Rehan Mustufa, Muhammad Ayaz Hussain, Saqib Pan Afr Med J Commentary The present study is to explore the factors and reasons behind public proneness towards quacks in the rural areas of Sindh, Pakistan and to manifest the public on how these quacks are duping vulnerable and quackery-prone peoples for financial gain which may induce human lives in life-threatening health conditions. The study also interprets a better understanding of the public needs, especially in the rural areas of the Sindh that may give a hope for deliverance from quacks. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2020-10-21 /pmc/articles/PMC7778161/ /pubmed/33447329 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2020.37.174.23411 Text en Copyright: Rehan Khan et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 The Pan African Medical Journal (ISSN: 1937-8688). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution International 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Factors contributing to the public proneness towards quacks in Sindh
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title_full_unstemmed Factors contributing to the public proneness towards quacks in Sindh
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title_sort factors contributing to the public proneness towards quacks in sindh
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7778161/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33447329
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2020.37.174.23411
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