Also identified are the pseudoscientific aspects of TBH and a disregard for conflict of interests in the supernatural-profane bone-healing process. To the extent that parts of TBH might be a useful first aid practice in lieu of orthodox orthopaedic infrastructure, this article finds as morally questionable, delayed referrals by traditional bone-healers resulting in late diagnosis of osteosarcoma and preventable loss of limbs, and sometimes death. In this article, the moral issues in TBH are exposed with critical inquisition on what an Ubuntu ethic would prescribe for addressing some of the moral problems in alternative orthopaedic practices. Despite the patronage frequency of TBH by patients with orthopaedic crises, the ethical issues involved in TBH are yet to gain scholarly attention. Traditional bone-healing (TBH) remains a widespread practice for various orthopaedics anomalies in many African countries.
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