African Concepts of Health, Disease, and Treatment: An Ethical Inquiry

Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 120-126

  Omonzejele, Peter F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

African cosmology; African metaphysics; ancestral harmony; causation; destiny; Divination; god essence; incantations; mystical; ritual; sacrifices; two fold nature of disease; vital force

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AFRICAN MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COSMOS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ETHICS; FORECASTING; HEALING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; METAPHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; RITUAL;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MAGIC; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; NIGERIA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYTOTHERAPY; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SHAMANISM;

EID: 39749164097     PISSN: 15508307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.explore.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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