Midwifery homeopathy in Ghana
Paulette, G.
Practising Midwife 15(11): 16-19
2012
ISSN/ISBN: 1461-3123 PMID: 23304861 Document Number: 565315
This is a personal account of my visit to Ghana, through a UK run charity which promotes and teaches homeopathy and community health education. As a midwife volunteer, my primary aim was to become familiar with local customs, advising on childbirth and pregnancy care and teaching local Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs) some basic homeopathy for potential use in labour. I reflect on my community experience and contrast it with typical institutional care within Ghana and my own independent midwifery practice in the UK. I have outlined the indications for some commonly used homeopathic remedies.