title: Nepal: integrating traditional and modern health services in the remote area of Bashkharka.
abstract: Within a framework of Primary Health Care (PHC) and Health Promotion (HP), the focus of this paper is on integrating traditional and modern health care in the remote area of Bashkharka, Nepal. The relevance to integrated health care of factors such as geography, ethnicity, religion, national infrastructure and international development agencies are discussed. Issues concerning the relationship between the theory and practice of PHC and HP are raised.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ross
mesh_terms: D006291:Health Policy; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006303:Health Services, Indigenous / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D009390:Nepal; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D012424:Rural Population