Turning a blind eye and a deaf ear to traditional and complementary medicine practice does not make it go away: a qualitative study exploring perceptions and attitudes of stakeholders towards the integration of traditional and complementary medicine into medical school curriculum in Uganda

Abstract Background A substantial proportion of healthcare professionals have inadequate understanding of traditional and complementary medicine and often consider their use inappropriate. Methods We conducted a qualitative study to understand the perceptions and attitudes of medical students, medic...

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Main Authors: Amos Deogratius Mwaka, Gervase Tusabe, Christopher Orach Garimoi, Sunita Vohra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-12-01
Series:BMC Medical Education
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12909-018-1419-4