Traditional medicine in late pregnancy and labour: Perceptions of kgaba remedies amongst the Tswana in South Africa

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-22

  van der Kooi, Rolanda ^a,b   Theobald, Sally ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Research for Equity and Community Health Trust   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Ethnopharmacology; Labour; South Africa; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; KGABA; OXYTOCIC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; RHOICISSUS TRIDENTATA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FETUS DISTRESS; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; KGABA ETONA; LABOR; LABOR INDUCTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREGNANCY DISORDER; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RHOICISSUS TRIDENTATA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOUTH AFRICA; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VITACEAE;

EID: 33746115674     PISSN: 01896016     EISSN: 01896016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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