Are biomedicine health practitioners ready to collaborate with traditional health practitioners in HIV and aids care in Tutume sub district of Botswana

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 219-224

  Madiba, Sphiwe E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NURSE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL WORKER; SPIRITUAL HEALING; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; AFRICAN MEDICINE; COOPERATION; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; POLICY; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BOTSWANA; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; POLICY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 79958794381     PISSN: 01896016     EISSN: 01896016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ajtcam.v7i3.54779     Document Type: Article

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