Traditional health practitioners in South Africa
SOURCE: The Lancet
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2009
TITLE AUTHOR(S): K.Peltzer
KEYWORDS: HEALTH SERVICES, TRADITIONAL HEALERS, TRADITIONAL MEDICINE
DEPARTMENT: Public Health, Societies and Belonging (HSC)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 6050
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/4621
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/4621
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2009
TITLE AUTHOR(S): K.Peltzer
KEYWORDS: HEALTH SERVICES, TRADITIONAL HEALERS, TRADITIONAL MEDICINE
DEPARTMENT: Public Health, Societies and Belonging (HSC)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 6050
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/4621
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/4621
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Abstract
This article discusses the inclusion of traditional care into the national health-care system by a traditional medicine directorate within the Department of Health.-
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