03123nam 2200637 a 450 991082537440332120230721010210.00-8214-4302-X(CKB)2550000000036393(EBL)1743601(OCoLC)742512921(SSID)ssj0000667923(PQKBManifestationID)11443447(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000667923(PQKBWorkID)10684570(PQKB)10892073(SSID)ssj0000646082(PQKBManifestationID)12287492(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000646082(PQKBWorkID)10684424(PQKB)11384394(MiAaPQ)EBC1743601(MdBmJHUP)muse9462(Au-PeEL)EBL1743601(CaPaEBR)ebr10472432(EXLCZ)99255000000003639320080818d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierHealing traditions[electronic resource] African medicine, cultural exchange, and competition in South Africa, 1820-1948 /Karen E. FlintAthens, Ohio Ohio University Press ;Scottsville, South Africa University of KwaZulu-Natal Press20081 online resource (289 p.)New African histories seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8214-1849-1 0-8214-1850-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Healing the body : disease, knowledge, and medical practices in the Zulu kingdom -- Healing the body politic : muthi, healers, and nation building in the Zulu kingdom -- Early African-white encounters : healers, witchcraft, and colonial rule, 1830/91 -- Competition, race, and professionalization : African healers and white medical practitioners, 1891/1948 -- African-Indian encounters and their influence on African therapeutics, 1860/1948.In August 2004, South Africa officially sought to legally recognize the practice of traditional healers. Largely in response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, and limited both by the number of practitioners and by patients' access to treatment, biomedical practitioners looked toward the country's traditional healers as important agents in the development of medical education and treatment. This collaboration has not been easy. The two medical cultures embrace different ideas about the body and the origin of illness, but they do share a history of commercial and ideological competition and different rNew African histories series.MedicineSouth AfricaHistoryTraditional medicineSouth AfricaHistoryMedicineHistory.Traditional medicineHistory.615.8/80968Flint Karen Elizabeth1968-1641485MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825374403321Healing traditions3985643UNINA