Factors contributing to the public proneness towards quacks in Sindh

Pan Afr Med J. 2020 Oct 21:37:174. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2020.37.174.23411. eCollection 2020.

Abstract

The present study is to explore the factors and reasons behind public proneness towards quacks in the rural areas of Sindh, Pakistan and to manifest the public on how these quacks are duping vulnerable and quackery-prone peoples for financial gain which may induce human lives in life-threatening health conditions. The study also interprets a better understanding of the public needs, especially in the rural areas of the Sindh that may give a hope for deliverance from quacks.

Keywords: Quack’s impersonation; quack-prone peoples; risk factors.

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Pakistan
  • Physicians / standards*
  • Quackery*
  • Rural Population*
  • Vulnerable Populations