Comparison of health conditions treated with traditional and biomedical health care in a Quechua community in rural Bolivia

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The objective of the present study was to reveal patterns in the treatment of health conditions in a Quechua-speaking community in the Bolivian Andes based on plant use data from traditional healers and patient data from a primary he...

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Main Authors: Puyvelde Luc Van, Van Damme Patrick, Sanca Sabino, Thomas Evert, Vandebroek Ina, De Kimpe Norbert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-01-01
Series:Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
Online Access:http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/4/1/1