Medical Pluralism and HIV/AIDS in South Africa: What are the barriers to collaboration between Traditional Healers and Medical Doctors?
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Traditional healers, faith healers and medical practitioners: the contribution of medical pluralism to bottlenecks along the cascade of care for HIV/AIDS in Eastern and Southern Africa
OBJECTIVES There are concerns that medical pluralism may delay patients' progression through the HIV cascade-of-care. However, the pathways of impact through which medical pluralism influence the care of people living with HIV (PLHIV) in African settings remain unclear. We sought to establish the manifestation of medical pluralism among PLHIV, and explore mechanisms through which medical plural...
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تاریخ انتشار 2010