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Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice for Traditional Medicine Practitioners in Ghana

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Name: codes of ethics.pdf
Title: Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice for Traditional Medicine Practitioners in Ghana
Author: Ghanian Ministry of Health
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Publish Year: 2004
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The overall policy direction in Ghana is to integrate Traditional Medicine into the national healthcare delivery system through partnership with the pirvate sector and the existing medical system, to deliver quality care or service to people. This document has been designed to bridge this gap. It will augment the influence of religion as a social or self-regulatory control mechanism in the practice of traditional medicine. The overall objective is to improve the quality of traditional medicne practices within the context of training and institution of professionalism. The Code of Ethics is to serve as an instrument expressing hte standardsd of practice, moral discipline and competence required from all Traditional Medicine Practitioners in Ghana.