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The walk without limbs: Searching for indigenous health knowledge in a rural context in South Africa
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 247

The walk without limbs: Searching for indigenous health knowledge in a rural context in South Africa

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2019-12-12
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  • Publisher: AOSIS

In a country as diverse as South Africa, sickness and health often mean different things to different people – so much so that the different health definitions and health belief models in the country seem to have a profound influence on the health-seeking behaviour of the people who are part of our vibrant, multicultural society. This book is concerned with the integration of indigenous health knowledge (IHK) into the current Western--orientated Primary Health Care (PHC) model. The first section of the book highlights the challenges facing the training of health professionals using a curriculum that is not drawing its knowledge base from the indigenous context and the people of that context...