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Integrating Traditional Medicine (TM) in the Healthcare System of Bangladesh: Issues and Challenges

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Synonyms

Cultural competence; Cultural sensitive health care; Dominance; Equities in health; Globalization; Health for all; Health human resources; Healthcare management; Human rights; Participation in health; User perspectives

Definition

Integration:

Integration means the process of adapting, adjusting, absorbing, or incorporating the TM with Modern (Western) healthcare system.

Health System:

It is the organization of people, institutions, and resources that deliver healthcare services to meet the health needs of target population.

Introduction

Providing medical care is a constitutional obligation of the government of Bangladesh. The Constitution mandates that: “it shall be a fundamental responsibility of the state to attain, through planned economic growth, a constant increase of productive forces and a steady improvement in the material and cultural standard of living of the people, with a view to securing to its citizens (a) the provision of the basic necessities of life, including...

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Jagannath University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Md. Abul Hossen

  2. The People’s University of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Md. Habibur Rahman

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  1. Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA

    Ali Farazmand

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Hossen, M.A., Rahman, M.H. (2022). Integrating Traditional Medicine (TM) in the Healthcare System of Bangladesh: Issues and Challenges. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66252-3_3228

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