A return to traditional health care practices: A Ghanaian study

Journal of Black Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 823-834

  Dove, Nah ^a  

^a Dove Solutions   (Ghana)

Author keywords

African traditional health care; Indigenous knowledge; Traditional medical practitioners; Traditional spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952333496     PISSN: 00219347     EISSN: 15524566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021934708320001     Document Type: Article

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