Attitudes of health care professionals in South Africa to the use of traditional medicine by their patients on antiretroviral treatment: a research note
| dc.contributor.author | Mall, Sumaya | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-04T15:36:51Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-05-04T15:36:51Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2005 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-05-04T15:30:10Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | This research note explores the attitudes and approaches of health care professionals working in antiretroviral (ARV) roll out sites in South Africa to patients taking traditional medicine. It shows that health professionals are concerned about the possibility of traditional healers undermining an ARV roll out programme through providing untested substances that could interact adversely with ARV drugs. Furthermore, traditional healers could even discourage patients from adhering to their ARV regimens. The research note also explores the opinion of the health workers towards possible collaboration between medical professionals and traditional healers. Many health care professionals were willing to collaborate with traditional healers but on their (the health care professionals) own terrain. Health care professionals would prefer to be solely in charge of the drug regimen with trained traditional healers supporting such a biomedical intervention. They would prefer traditional healers to concentrate solely on spiritual treatments as rituals. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02533950508628710 | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Mall, S. (2005). Attitudes of health care professionals in South Africa to the use of traditional medicine by their patients on antiretroviral treatment: a research note. <i>Social Dynamics</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19430 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Mall, Sumaya "Attitudes of health care professionals in South Africa to the use of traditional medicine by their patients on antiretroviral treatment: a research note." <i>Social Dynamics</i> (2005) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19430 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Mall, S. (2005). Attitudes of health care professionals in South Africa to the use of traditional medicine by their patients on antiretroviral treatment: A research note. Social Dynamics, 31(2), 118-125. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0253-3952 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Mall, Sumaya AB - This research note explores the attitudes and approaches of health care professionals working in antiretroviral (ARV) roll out sites in South Africa to patients taking traditional medicine. It shows that health professionals are concerned about the possibility of traditional healers undermining an ARV roll out programme through providing untested substances that could interact adversely with ARV drugs. Furthermore, traditional healers could even discourage patients from adhering to their ARV regimens. The research note also explores the opinion of the health workers towards possible collaboration between medical professionals and traditional healers. Many health care professionals were willing to collaborate with traditional healers but on their (the health care professionals) own terrain. Health care professionals would prefer to be solely in charge of the drug regimen with trained traditional healers supporting such a biomedical intervention. They would prefer traditional healers to concentrate solely on spiritual treatments as rituals. 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 - Attitudes of health care professionals in South Africa to the use of traditional medicine by their patients on antiretroviral treatment: a research note TI - Attitudes of health care professionals in South Africa to the use of traditional medicine by their patients on antiretroviral treatment: a research note UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19430 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19430 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Mall S. Attitudes of health care professionals in South Africa to the use of traditional medicine by their patients on antiretroviral treatment: a research note. Social Dynamics. 2005; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19430. | 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.title | Attitudes of health care professionals in South Africa to the use of traditional medicine by their patients on antiretroviral treatment: a research note | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
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| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Article | en_ZA |