title: Faith healers, myths and deaths.
abstract: Science and myth have been closely linked and argued upon by philosophers, educationalists, scientists, enthusiasts and the general public. Faith healing, when added as an adjuvant or alternative aid to medical science, will not necessarily be confined to mere arguments and debates but may also give rise to series of complications, medical emergencies and even result in death. We present an unusual case where reliance on faith healing led to the death of a young man.
authors: Department of Forensic Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Maharajgunj, Nepal.
authors: Harihar
authors: H
authors: Wasti
authors: Department of Forensic Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore (A Constituent College of Manipal University), India tanujkanchan@yahoo.co.in tanuj.kanchan@manipal.edu.
authors: Tanuj
authors: T
authors: Kanchan
authors: Department of Forensic Medicine, Kathmandu Medical College Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.
authors: Jenash
authors: J
authors: Acharya
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D018771:Arthralgia / Q000628:therapy; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D029221:Faith Healing / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009390:Nepal; D011781:Quackery; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Faith healing; Nepal; autopsy; death; myth