Missing each other: problems and potential for collaborative efforts between biomedicine and traditional healers in South Africa in the Time of AIDS
| dc.contributor.author | Wreford, Joanne | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-22T19:32:07Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-05-22T19:32:07Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2005 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-05-22T19:28:46Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Supported by ethnographic evidence from ongoing research with African traditional healers, mainly in the Western Cape Province, this paper promotes reciprocal collaborations between traditional practitioners and western trained doctors in South Africa. The emphasis is placed on HIVIAIDS interventions. Some obstacles to effective cooperation are examined, followed by an exploration of government actions (and non-actions) which together tend to influence popular opinion about traditional healing. The relationship between traditional healers and witchcraft - arguably the major contributor to suspicions about traditional healing practice - is analysed, and the implications for HIV/AIDS interventions are examined in the light of these findings. Finally the paper sketches some proposals for practical implementation of collaborative efforts. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Wreford, J. (2005). Missing each other: problems and potential for collaborative efforts between biomedicine and traditional healers in South Africa in the Time of AIDS. <i>Social Dynamics</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19764 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Wreford, Joanne "Missing each other: problems and potential for collaborative efforts between biomedicine and traditional healers in South Africa in the Time of AIDS." <i>Social Dynamics</i> (2005) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19764 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Wreford, J. (2005). Missing each other: Problems and potential for collaborative efforts between biomedicine and traditional healers in South Africa in the time of AIDS. Social Dynamics, 31(2), 55-89. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0253-3952 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Wreford, Joanne AB - Supported by ethnographic evidence from ongoing research with African traditional healers, mainly in the Western Cape Province, this paper promotes reciprocal collaborations between traditional practitioners and western trained doctors in South Africa. The emphasis is placed on HIVIAIDS interventions. Some obstacles to effective cooperation are examined, followed by an exploration of government actions (and non-actions) which together tend to influence popular opinion about traditional healing. The relationship between traditional healers and witchcraft - arguably the major contributor to suspicions about traditional healing practice - is analysed, and the implications for HIV/AIDS interventions are examined in the light of these findings. Finally the paper sketches some proposals for practical implementation of collaborative efforts. DA - 2005 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Social Dynamics LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2005 SM - 0253-3952 T1 - Missing each other: problems and potential for collaborative efforts between biomedicine and traditional healers in South Africa in the Time of AIDS TI - Missing each other: problems and potential for collaborative efforts between biomedicine and traditional healers in South Africa in the Time of AIDS UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19764 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19764 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02533950508628708 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Wreford J. Missing each other: problems and potential for collaborative efforts between biomedicine and traditional healers in South Africa in the Time of AIDS. Social Dynamics. 2005; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19764. | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis | 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.source | Social Dynamics | en_ZA |
| dc.source.uri | http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rsdy20/current | |
| dc.subject.other | biomedicine | |
| dc.subject.other | traditional healers | |
| dc.subject.other | HIV/AIDS | |
| dc.title | Missing each other: problems and potential for collaborative efforts between biomedicine and traditional healers in South Africa in the Time of AIDS | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
| uct.type.filetype | Image | |
| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Article | en_ZA |