Traditional healers are commonly consulted, especially in rural areas.
Allied health professionals such as physiotherapists, chiropractors and osteopaths were one of the key targets for implementation of the Australian whiplash guidelines, because they are the most commonly consulted health practitioners for the management of whiplash.
The most commonly consulted therapists were chiropractors, naturopaths and acupuncturists [ 4].
(Dhami, Janakpur) Mothers who perceived illness to be the cause of tension commonly consulted allopathic private doctors, though one had consulted an ayurvedic practitioner.
29 45 However, perhaps more importantly, primary care doctors in India, being the healthcare providers most commonly consulted by people with depression, 9 14 need the knowledge, skills and perception to recognise the diverse presentations of CMDs such as depression and anxiety, and to treat them appropriately with both talking and pharmaceutical therapies.
The most commonly consulted CAM practitioners were acupuncturists, chiropractors, homeopaths and naturopaths.
Both approaches are commonly used: most GPs will consult recommendations by the national clinical guideline when managing patients with headache.
Those who consulted a GP presurgery had longer time between colonoscopy and surgery and more commonly consulted a GP postsurgery, but rectal cancer cases were no more likely to have treatment in a centre with radiotherapy facilities.
The most prevalent condition reported was back pain (39.5%), for which the women most commonly consulted with chiropractors (11.3%) followed by obstetricians (5.9%) and GPs (4.3%).
But more media freedom, less government secrecy and greater efforts to consult the public are being commonly demanded.
