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Traditional and modern medicine in South Africa: A research study

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This paper examines the relationship between traditional and modern medicine with reference to an experimental research study conducted in South Africa, which focused on interviews by traditional Zulu healers and modern clinical psychologists with the same group of psychiatric patients. Results indicated that while traditional and modern practitioners worked from different theoretical orientations, they were in significant agreement as to both diagnosis and treatment of patients when faced with the same limited choice of options. Furthermore, patients perceived both traditional and modern practitioners as being more or less equally helpful. Results are compared with those of other studies. Local and international implications for the relationship between traditional and modern medicine are discussed.

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  • Edwards, S. D., 1986. "Traditional and modern medicine in South Africa: A research study," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 22(11), pages 1273-1276, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:22:y:1986:i:11:p:1273-1276
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    1. Alean Al-Krenawi & John R. Graham & Menachim Ophir & Jamil Kandah, 2001. "Ethnic and Gender Differences in Mental Health Utilization: the Case of Muslim Jordanian and Moroccan Jewish Israeli Out-Patient Psychiatric Patients," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 47(3), pages 42-54, September.
    2. Abdelaziz A Omer & Amir A Mufaddel, 2018. "Attitudes of patients with psychiatric illness toward traditional healing," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 64(2), pages 107-111, March.
    3. Gilbert, Tal & Gilbert, Leah, 2004. "Globalisation and local power: influences on health matters in South Africa," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 67(3), pages 245-255, March.

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