04.06.05.03. Besides clinical standards or guidelines, is the use of traditional medicine and healers to manage or treat dementia common? | New Zealand
04.06.05.03. Besides clinical standards or guidelines, is the use of traditional medicine and healers to manage or treat dementia common? | New Zealand
16 Sep 2022
The use of traditional medicine and healers to manage or treat dementia is not common in NZ. For Māori and Pacific cultures, there is a general acceptance of the cognitive changes, which are largely conceptualised as part of the normal ageing process.