Table 3.
Participants' Expectations of the Practitioners
Expectations | N | % |
Western Practitioner (N=60) | ||
To make the situation better | 34 | 56.7 |
To get medication and sent home | 12 | 20.0 |
No expectations I was forced to go | 10 | 16.7 |
To take care of the physical (I had knowledge of the spiritual) | 5 | 8.3 |
To counsel or talk | ||
I was only fulfilling my relatives' expectation | 5 | 8.3 |
To show that I am sane | 3 | 5.0 |
Traditional Practitioner (N = 30) | ||
Free me from spiritual torment | ||
Use rituals to help me | 22 | 73.3 |
Use herbs to help me | 17 | 56.7 |
16 | 53.3 |