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Faith Healing: An Unregulated Health Domain, Farhan Mushtaq
Faith Healing: An Unregulated Health Domain, Farhan Mushtaq
MSJ Capstone Projects
Despite Pakistan having adopted modern forms of treatment as part of its official healthcare regime, many non-traditional treatment types are still prevalent in the country - faith healing being one of them. It has a wide acceptance among the masses, be it country’s cities or rural areas.
There are many factors that have forced people to seek alternative forms of treatment: inadequate healthcare facilities, weak healthcare legislation, and religious misconceptions surrounding health-related concerns.
This capstone project is focused on highlighting the flaws in Pakistan’s healthcare regulations that have failed to devise a robust mechanism to curtail the practice. It includes …
Consumer Behavior In Selection Of Buying Source Of Siddha Medicine In Tamilnadu, India From The Perspective Of Age, A. Krishnan, P. Bagyalakshimi, S. Ramya, R. Jayakumararaj
Consumer Behavior In Selection Of Buying Source Of Siddha Medicine In Tamilnadu, India From The Perspective Of Age, A. Krishnan, P. Bagyalakshimi, S. Ramya, R. Jayakumararaj
Ethnobotanical Leaflets
With the increasing usage of traditional medicines as complementary alternative therapy, possibilities that would ensure its successful integration into the public domain of health care services needs to be evaluated. India is one of the countries with rich traditional knowledge base. Its ethnic ethno-medical practices had paved way for the evolution of several indigenous systems of medicine. Siddha is one of the oldest systems of medicine in India. Siddha holds close association with nature and has been validated in the laboratory of life, even before the advent of formal modern western system of medicine. This paper discusses the interrelations between …
The Inclusion Of Herbal Remedies In The Patient Care Practices Of Nurse Practitioners, Diane Renee Stricker
The Inclusion Of Herbal Remedies In The Patient Care Practices Of Nurse Practitioners, Diane Renee Stricker
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to describe the extent that nurse practitioners acquire knowledge, evaluate, recommend, and teach the safe use and acquisition of herbal remedies to their patients. Additionally, the study sought to investigate factors associated with the frequency nurse practitioners recommended herbal remedies. A survey was constructed and mailed to 600 randomly selected members of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners; Of the 304 returned questionnaires, 264 of the respondents identified exclusively as family nurse practitioners (FNP). Because of the low response rate for specialties outside of family nurse practitioners, the study sample utilized consisted exclusively of …