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From their own perspectives: a qualitative study exploring the perceptions of traditional health practitioners in northern Uganda regarding cancers, their causes and treatments

BACKGROUND: Many cancer patients in the low- and middle-income countries seek care with traditional health practitioners (THPs) and use traditional and complementary medicines (T&CMs) for treatment of cancers. Little is known about the perceptions and influence of THPs on cancer patients’ help-s...

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Autores principales:	Mwaka, Amos Deogratius, Achan, Jennifer, Adoch, Winnie, Wabinga, Henry
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2021
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8287672/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34275446 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12875-021-01505-w

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