Facilitating relationships between African traditional healing and western medicine in South Africa in the time of AIDS: A case study from the Western Cape
| dc.contributor.author | Wreford, Joanne | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-06T13:41:06Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-05-06T13:41:06Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2006 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-05-06T13:38:49Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | As the HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa matures, the importance of encouraging a more cooperative approach between biomedicine and traditional African healers (TAHs) becomes paramount. This is not solely based on the potential of the additional human resources which might be released by better relationships with traditional healers - biomedical HIV/AIDS interventions themselves could benefit from a better understanding of traditional ideas of health, disease and healing, ideas which could then be appropriately incorporated into the treatment process. This paper offers a portrait of an innovative project based in the Western Cape Province which aims to make a start in improving cross-sectoral relationships. The paper limits its coverage to the initiatory stages of the scheme, and offers unusual insights into both the potential advantages of cooperation, and into some of the, often mundane, pitfalls and obstacles presented by this sort of approach. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Wreford, J. (2006). <i>Facilitating relationships between African traditional healing and western medicine in South Africa in the time of AIDS: A case study from the Western Cape</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19493 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Wreford, Joanne <i>Facilitating relationships between African traditional healing and western medicine in South Africa in the time of AIDS: A case study from the Western Cape.</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR), 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19493 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Wreford, J., Hippler, S., & Esser, M. (2006). Facilitating Relationships between African traditional healing and Western Medicine in South Africa in the time of AIDS: a case study from the Western Cape. Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Working Paper AU - Wreford, Joanne AB - As the HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa matures, the importance of encouraging a more cooperative approach between biomedicine and traditional African healers (TAHs) becomes paramount. This is not solely based on the potential of the additional human resources which might be released by better relationships with traditional healers - biomedical HIV/AIDS interventions themselves could benefit from a better understanding of traditional ideas of health, disease and healing, ideas which could then be appropriately incorporated into the treatment process. This paper offers a portrait of an innovative project based in the Western Cape Province which aims to make a start in improving cross-sectoral relationships. The paper limits its coverage to the initiatory stages of the scheme, and offers unusual insights into both the potential advantages of cooperation, and into some of the, often mundane, pitfalls and obstacles presented by this sort of approach. DA - 2006 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Centre for Social Science Research LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2006 T1 - Facilitating relationships between African traditional healing and western medicine in South Africa in the time of AIDS: A case study from the Western Cape TI - Facilitating relationships between African traditional healing and western medicine in South Africa in the time of AIDS: A case study from the Western Cape UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19493 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19493 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Wreford J. Facilitating relationships between African traditional healing and western medicine in South Africa in the time of AIDS: A case study from the Western Cape. 2006 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19493 | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.department | Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR) | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | en_ZA |
| dc.source | Centre for Social Science Research | |
| dc.source.uri | http://www.cssr.uct.ac.za/ | |
| dc.subject.other | African traditional healing | |
| dc.subject.other | Western medicine | |
| dc.subject.other | HIV/AIDS | |
| dc.title | Facilitating relationships between African traditional healing and western medicine in South Africa in the time of AIDS: A case study from the Western Cape | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Working Paper | en_ZA |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
| uct.type.filetype | Image | |
| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Research paper | en_ZA |