Rising Antimicrobial Resistance in Pakistan, a call for an urgent action by Faisal Rasheed, Sameer Almas

“…These teams should catch quacks working in all provinces of Pakistan. Quackery should be made illegal. The sale of large flocks of antimicrobials to animal keepers and broiler industry people should be immediately stopped and the involved people should be fined and their licenses cancelled. …”
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Challenges, Barriers, and Good Practices in the Implementation of Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram in Jodhpur, India by Niraj Kumar, Nitin Kumar Joshi, Yogesh Kumar Jain, Kuldeep Singh, Pankaj Bhardwaj, Praveen Suthar, Balwant Manda, Ravi Kirti

“…Certain challenges such as belief in quackery, superstitions and taboos could be minimized by conducting rapport-building meetings with community stakeholders. …”
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Ancients and Moderns in Europe

“…Sylvie Kleiman-Lafon, Ancient medicine, modern quackery: Bernard Mandeville and the rhetoric of healing<br/> Part IV: The persistence of the Quarrel<br/> 11. …”

STRUGGLING FIELD OF SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY IN PAKISTAN by Faseeha Shafqat

“…Despite efforts of existing associations to eliminate malpractice and quackery from the field, it is still going on a huge scale. …”
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A Ritual for Initiation of Medical Students to the Profession-White Coat Ceremony by Vishnu Bhat Ballambattu, Ravikumar Sambandam

“…Encounters with physicians rarely benefitted the patients, since most of the therapies were worthless and more of quackery or palliative in nature. People consulted medical practitioners more as a ritual without any benefit. …”
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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices About COVID-19 Among Healthcare Workers in Iran During the First Wave of the Pandemic by Hossein Hatami, Ali-Asghar Kolahi, Seyyed-Hadi Ghamari, Mohsen Abbasi-Kangevari

“…However, there is still room for improvement regarding concerning misinformation and quackeries about COVID-19.…”
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Fake Traditional Healers with Superstitious Magical Treatments and Their Practices Regarding Children's Diseases by Yalda Ravanshad, Mohadese Golsorkhi, Sahar Ravanshad, Zahra sadat Mohajeri, Anoush Azarfar

“…The present study aimed to evaluate the education and social levels of the patients and their reasons for referring to these quackeries.Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 1,300 children who were managed in the pediatric clinics of Dr. …”
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