Missing each other: Problems and potential for collaborative efforts between biomedicine and traditional healers in South Africa in the time of AIDS

Social Dynamics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 55-89

  Wreford, Jo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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EID: 33746344951     PISSN: 02533952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02533950508628708     Document Type: Article

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