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Traditional medicine refers to a wide range of practices, from herbal treatments to spiritualism. The use of traditional medicine is a subject of controversy around the world, due to few promising results of the research in the area compared with the outcomes associated with the use of evidence-based medicine. This brings even more controversy in the context of diseases for which allopathic medicine has no cure, such as HIV/AIDS.
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Vicol, MC. (2013). Alternative and Traditional Healing. In: Loue, S. (eds) Mental Health Practitioner's Guide to HIV/AIDS. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5283-6_10
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