Traditional and Western medicine: Cultural beliefs and practices of South African Indian Muslims with regard to stroke

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 548-554

  Bham, Zaheerah ^a   Ross, Eleanor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Caregivers; South African Indian Muslims; Stroke; Traditional healing; Western medicine

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INDIAN; MOSLEM; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RELIGION; SOUTH AFRICA; STROKE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREGIVERS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CULTURE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; INTERVIEWS; ISLAM; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYSICIANS; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 27844589413     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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