The interface between Western mental health care and indigenous healing in South Africa: Xhosa psychiatric nurses' views on traditional healers

Xhosa psychiatric nurses stand unique at the interface between Western mental health care and indigenous healing in South Africa. They stem from a cultural history that is embedded within traditional health care discourses and yet are trained and work within a Western psychiatric model. In embodying...

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Main Author: Kahn, Marc Simon
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Rhodes University 1996
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002508