Patient origins and usage of a unani clinic in Aligarh Town, India

Nilofar Izhar

Social Science & Medicine, 1990, vol. 30, issue 10, 1139-1141

Abstract: Cases exist in India, and elsewhere, of the coexistence of both traditional and modern allopathic medical systems. A survey of patients, practitioners and staff at a unani clinic in Aligarh Town, India, suggests that utilization of unani medicine is widespread among people of various ages and socio-economic strata.

Keywords: India; unani; medicine; traditional; medicine (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1990
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