Table 9.
Western Practitioners discussion with patients about the benefits or dangers in utilizing Traditional medicine (N = 30)
| Discussion items | Traditional Healer N (%) |
Traditional herbalist N (%) |
Alternative medicine N (%) |
| -Discussed benefits about using | 5 (17.2) | 6 (20.7) | 11 (37.9) |
| -You initiated discussion of the benefits | 3 (10.3) | 2 (6.9) | 8 (27.3) |
| -The Patient initiated discussion of the benefits | 14 (47) | 12 (44.4) | 14 (50.0) |
| -Both you and the patient initiated discussions of benefits |
2 (8.7) | 2 (6.7) | 8 (32.0) |
| -Discussed harmful effects of using | 13 (44.8) | 14 (48.3) | 7 (24.1) |
| -You initiated discussion of the harmful effects | 8 (28.6) | 9 (32.1) | 3 (10.7) |
| -The Patient initiated discussion of the harmful effects | 7 (26.9) | 3 (12) | 3 (10.7) |
| -Both you and the patient initiated discussions of harmful effects |
3 (12.0) | 1 (3.8) | 2 (7.7) |