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Urban African traditional healers : their understanding of and beliefs about biomedical diseases
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 93-97).
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2015
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| author | Mazaza, Shadrick |
| author2 | Hellenberg, Derek |
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| description | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 93-97). |
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| institution | University of Cape Town (South Africa) |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/11112 Urban African traditional healers : their understanding of and beliefs about biomedical diseases Mazaza, Shadrick Hellenberg, Derek Family Medicine Includes bibliographical references (leaves 93-97). African traditional healers are themselves "patients" in the modern bio-psycho-social health system. Their "frameworks of meaning" of biomedical diseases provides a glimpse of the "voice of the lifeworld" of the patients who interact both with them and the modern allopathic health services. The main objective of this study was to ascertain African traditional healers' understanding of and beliefs about the medical conditions under discussion in the doctor-patient interaction to which they silently listen. 2015-01-03T05:37:57Z 2015-01-03T05:37:57Z 2006 Master Thesis Masters MPhil http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11112 eng application/pdf Department of Public Health and Family Medicine Faculty of Health Sciences University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Family Medicine Mazaza, Shadrick Urban African traditional healers : their understanding of and beliefs about biomedical diseases |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Urban African traditional healers : their understanding of and beliefs about biomedical diseases |
| title_full | Urban African traditional healers : their understanding of and beliefs about biomedical diseases |
| title_fullStr | Urban African traditional healers : their understanding of and beliefs about biomedical diseases |
| title_full_unstemmed | Urban African traditional healers : their understanding of and beliefs about biomedical diseases |
| title_short | Urban African traditional healers : their understanding of and beliefs about biomedical diseases |
| title_sort | urban african traditional healers their understanding of and beliefs about biomedical diseases |
| topic | Family Medicine |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11112 |
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