Traditional healing in South Africa: Ethical implications for social work

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 15-33

  Ross, Eleanor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African; Chinese; Hindu; Muslim; social workers; South Africa; Traditional healers; western health care professionals

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; SOCIAL WORK; SOUTH AFRICA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; SOCIAL WORK; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 38049136488     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v46n02_02     Document Type: Article

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