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

• Main Authors: Puyvelde Luc Van (Author), Van Damme Patrick (Author), Sanca Sabino (Author), Thomas Evert (Author), Vandebroek Ina (Author), De Kimpe Norbert (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<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...