Browsing Faculty of Humanities by Subject "muti"
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The present-day diagnosis and treatment model of the South African traditional healer
(Australasian Medical Journal, 2016)Background:At present, no formal guides or curricula exist to direct and instruct diagnosis and treatment in the practice of the traditional healer. To gain knowledge of how the traditional healer makes diagnoses and offers ... -
The present-day scope of practice and services of the traditional healer in South Africa
(Australasian Medical Journal, 2016)Background:The scope of practice of the traditional healer in South Africa is not guided or circumscribed by any statutory mandate at present. The traditional healer's practice and services are currently based on and driven ... -
The South African traditional health practitioner as a beneficiary of and provider to medical funds and schemes through the Traditional Health Practitioners Act (Act No 22, 2007): a present-day perspective
(Australasian Medical Journal, 2017)Background: Payments to traditional health practitioners for services rendered from medical funds and schemes, as envisaged by the Traditional Health Practitioners Act (Act No 22, 2007), is controversial and a point of ... -
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 ...