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National Medical Policies in Nigeria

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National Medical Policies in Nigeria

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National Medical Policies in Nigeria book

National Medical Policies in Nigeria

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National Medical Policies in Nigeria book

ByD. D. O. Oyebola
BookThe Professionalisation of African Medicine

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Edition 1st Edition
First Published 1986
Imprint Routledge
Pages 16
eBook ISBN 9780429444784

ABSTRACT

This chapter focuses on Western-trained doctors who practise in hospitals and in health centres and on the traditional healers and provides a brief comment on the healing practice of the Aladura Churches. This is considered necessary because some scholars regard the healing activities of the Aladura Churches as part of traditional medicine, a view with which this writer disagrees. Since independence, Western-trained doctors have continued to show keen interest in National politics. The traditional medical associations have tried to respond to the demands of improved educational, economic and political awareness in Nigeria by attempting to 'modernise' their practice. The World Health Organisation, through its various expert committees, has repeatedly focused attention on the importance of traditional healers in health care delivery in the African sub-region. The committee was given the responsibility of finding a lasting solution to the problem of the health care delivery system in Nigeria and the formulation of a national drug policy.

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