Descriptor English: | Traditional Medicine Practitioners | ||||||
Descriptor Spanish: |
Practicantes de la Medicina Tradicional
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Descriptor Portuguese: | Profissionais de Medicina Tradicional | ||||||
Descriptor French: | Praticiens de médecine traditionnelle | ||||||
Entry term(s): |
African Witch Doctor African Witch Doctors Alternative Medicine Practitioner Alternative Medicine Practitioners CAM Practitioner CAM Practitioners Complementary Health Practitioner Complementary Health Practitioners Complementary Medicine Practitioner Complementary Medicine Practitioners Complementary and Alternative Medicine Practitioners Doctor, African Witch Doctors, African Witch Ethnobotanist Ethnobotanists Healer, Traditional Healers, Traditional Health Practitioner, Complementary Health Practitioner, Traditional Health Practitioners, Complementary Health Practitioners, Traditional Herbalist Herbalists Indigenous Medicine Practitioner Indigenous Medicine Practitioners Medicine Men Medicine Mens Medicine Practitioner, Alternative Medicine Practitioner, Complementary Medicine Practitioner, Indigenous Medicine Practitioner, Traditional Medicine Practitioners, Alternative Medicine Practitioners, Complementary Medicine Practitioners, Indigenous Medicine Practitioners, Traditional Men, Medicine Mens, Medicine Phytotherapist Phytotherapists Practitioner, Alternative Medicine Practitioner, CAM Practitioner, Complementary Health Practitioner, Complementary Medicine Practitioner, Indigenous Medicine Practitioner, Traditional Health Practitioner, Traditional Medicine Practitioners, Alternative Medicine Practitioners, CAM Practitioners, Complementary Health Practitioners, Complementary Medicine Practitioners, Indigenous Medicine Practitioners, Traditional Health Practitioners, Traditional Medicine Shaman Shamans Traditional Healer Traditional Healers Traditional Health Practitioner Traditional Health Practitioners Traditional Medicine Practitioner Witch Doctor, African Witch Doctors, African |
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Tree number(s): |
M01.526.485.882 N02.360.858 |
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RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000095083 | ||||||
Scope note: | Health personnel using systems of medicine based on cultural beliefs and practices handed down from generation to generation, including mystical and magical rituals (SPIRITUAL THERAPIES); TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; PHYTOTHERAPY; HERBAL MEDICINE; and other treatments which may not be explained by modern medicine. |
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Allowable Qualifiers: |
CL classification ED education HI history LJ legislation & jurisprudence PX psychology SN statistics & numerical data |
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Previous Indexing: |
Medicine, Traditional (1971-2022) |
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Public MeSH Note: | 2023 |
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History Note: | 2023 |
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Related: |
Medicine, African Traditional
MeSH Medicine, Traditional MeSH Shamanism MeSH | ||||||
DeCS ID: | 60332 | ||||||
Unique ID: | D000095083 | ||||||
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
Date Established: | 2023/01/01 | ||||||
Date of Entry: | 2022/07/13 | ||||||
Revision Date: | 2022/07/12 |
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NAMED GROUPS
Persons [M01]Persons
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Traditional Medicine Practitioners
- Preferred
African Witch Doctor
- Related but not broader or narrower
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Practitioners
- Related but not broader or narrower
Ethnobotanists
- Narrower
Complementary Health Practitioners
- Narrower
Shamans
- Narrower
Phytotherapists
- Narrower
Indigenous Medicine Practitioners
- Narrower
Alternative Medicine Practitioners
- Narrower
Complementary Medicine Practitioners
- Narrower
Medicine Men
- Narrower
Herbalists
- Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI |
M000757174 |
Scope note | Health personnel using systems of medicine based on cultural beliefs and practices handed down from generation to generation, including mystical and magical rituals (SPIRITUAL THERAPIES); TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; PHYTOTHERAPY; HERBAL MEDICINE; and other treatments which may not be explained by modern medicine. |
Preferred term | Traditional Medicine Practitioners |
Entry term(s) |
Healer, Traditional Healers, Traditional Health Practitioner, Traditional Health Practitioners, Traditional Medicine Practitioner, Traditional Medicine Practitioners, Traditional Practitioner, Traditional Health Practitioner, Traditional Medicine Practitioners, Traditional Health Practitioners, Traditional Medicine Traditional Healer Traditional Healers Traditional Health Practitioner Traditional Health Practitioners Traditional Medicine Practitioner |
Concept UI |
M0025172 |
Preferred term | African Witch Doctor |
Entry term(s) |
African Witch Doctors Doctor, African Witch Doctors, African Witch Witch Doctor, African Witch Doctors, African |
Concept UI |
M000757175 |
Preferred term | Complementary and Alternative Medicine Practitioners |
Entry term(s) |
CAM Practitioner CAM Practitioners Practitioner, CAM Practitioners, CAM |
Concept UI |
M000757205 |
Preferred term | Ethnobotanists |
Entry term(s) |
Ethnobotanist |
Concept UI |
M000757206 |
Preferred term | Complementary Health Practitioners |
Entry term(s) |
Complementary Health Practitioner Health Practitioner, Complementary Health Practitioners, Complementary Practitioner, Complementary Health Practitioners, Complementary Health |
Concept UI |
M000757557 |
Preferred term | Shamans |
Entry term(s) |
Shaman |
Concept UI |
M000757204 |
Preferred term | Phytotherapists |
Entry term(s) |
Phytotherapist |
Concept UI |
M000757201 |
Preferred term | Indigenous Medicine Practitioners |
Entry term(s) |
Indigenous Medicine Practitioner Medicine Practitioner, Indigenous Medicine Practitioners, Indigenous Practitioner, Indigenous Medicine Practitioners, Indigenous Medicine |
Concept UI |
M000757202 |
Preferred term | Alternative Medicine Practitioners |
Entry term(s) |
Alternative Medicine Practitioner Medicine Practitioner, Alternative Medicine Practitioners, Alternative Practitioner, Alternative Medicine Practitioners, Alternative Medicine |
Concept UI |
M000757203 |
Preferred term | Complementary Medicine Practitioners |
Entry term(s) |
Complementary Medicine Practitioner Medicine Practitioner, Complementary Medicine Practitioners, Complementary Practitioner, Complementary Medicine Practitioners, Complementary Medicine |
Concept UI |
M000757556 |
Preferred term | Medicine Men |
Entry term(s) |
Medicine Mens Men, Medicine Mens, Medicine |
Concept UI |
M000757176 |
Preferred term | Herbalists |
Entry term(s) |
Herbalist |
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