How not to compare Western scientific medicine with African traditional medicine

Developing World Bioethics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-44

  Tangwa, Godfrey B ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b Pan African Bioethics Initiative ^*  (Cameroon)

^c CAMBIN the Cameroon Branch of PABIN   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

African traditional medicine; Ethics; HIV AIDS; Regulations

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHICS; HUMANS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL;

EID: 33847625809     PISSN: 14718731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8847.2006.00182.x     Document Type: Review

References (7)

1. A. Nyika. Ethical and Regulatory Issues Surrounding African Traditional Medicine in the Context of HIV/AIDS. Developing World Bioeth 2007; 1: 25-34.
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid: 25.
4. Ibid: 25.
5. The Nuremberg Code. 1949. Trials of War Criminals Before the Nuremberg Military Tribunals Under Control Council Law. Nuremberg, October 1946-April 1949. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office: No.1; Vol.2: 181-182.
6. Nyika, op. cit. note 1, pp. 25-34.
7. Ibid: 26.