Mobile "doctors" and their medical diagnosis in rural Southern Nigeria. Truth or deception? A public health case report.
Mobile "doctors" are traditional herbal medical practitioners who move from one rural community in Nigeria to another diagnosing disease using a digital thermometer and stethoscope before selling their herbal drugs to the patients. Are their diagnosis correct or just a deception? This reports looks at three cases of mobile doctors ' diagnosis of patients in rural southern Nigeria.
Boston University School of Public Health, Massachusetts, USA.
Chukwuemeka Anthony
CA
Umeh
New York Institute of Technology, College of Osteopathic Medicine, New York, USA.
Stella Chioma
SC
Onyi
Department of Epidemiology, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, USA.
Hycienth Peterson
HP
Ahaneku
D008192:Deception; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016488:Medicine, African Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged; D009549:Nigeria; D011634:Public Health; D011781:Quackery; D019035:Rural Health Services
Mobile doctors; Nigeria; herbal medical practitioners; traditional healers