Browsing Faculty of Humanities by Subject "pre-modern"
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The present and future roles of Traditional Health Practitioners within the formal healthcare sector of South Africa, as guided by the Traditional Health Practitioners Act No 22 (2007)
(Australasian Medical Journal, 2016)Background: The promulgation of the Traditional Health Practitioners Act No 22 (2007) was seen as the long awaited start-up of the traditional healing profession in South Africa. Act No 22 (2007) was strongly politically ... -
The Traditional Health Practitioners Act No 22 (2007): A godsend or an act that spells doom for South Africa's healthcare?
(Australasian Medical Journal, 2017)Background: South Africa's development and growth in healthcare since the 1900s is phenomenal, but certain present-day healthcare policies such as the Traditional Health Practitioners Act (Act No 22, 2007), could jeopardize ... -
To rub shoulders with the traditional health practitioner or not, that is the question for the medical doctor in the New South Africa
(Australasian Medical Journal, 2017)Background: The South African medical doctor has been well established over the years as the keeper of the holy medical grails. Entrance for newcomers to the medical domain has not been and is still not easy. The hostility ... -
True ownership of traditional medicines in South Africa
(Australasian Medical Journal, 2017)Background: Literature postulates that traditional medicines form an important part of modern-day South African healthcare. The belief is that the traditional healer and traditional medicine is a close-knit unit, with the ...