| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
African seminars. Scholarship from the International African Institute |
| Contents |
Foreword -- I.M. Lewis Introduction: The Professionalisation of African Medicine: Ambiguities and Definitions Murray Last -- Part 1: Professionalisation Associations and Government -- 1. The Organisation of Traditional Medicine in Zimbabwe -- G.L. Chavunduka 2. Traditional Health Care in Botswana -- Frants Staugard 3. Assocations and Healers: Atttitudes Towards Collboration in Tanzania -- I.A.J. Semali 4. Government, Associations and the University: Liaison in Malawi -- Jerome D. Msonthi 5. The Professionalisation of Indigenous Medicine: A Comparative Study of Ghana and Zambia -- Patrick A. Twumasi and -- Dennis Michael Warren 6. Prospects for the Professionalisation of Indigenous Midwifery in Benin -- Carolyn Sargent 7. The Articulation of Western and Traditional systems of Health Care -- Carol MacCormack -- Part 2: Professional Knowledge and Its Control -- 8. The Training of Traditional Healers in Mashonaland -- Pamela Reynolds 9. The Predicament of the Sinister Healer -- Harriet Ngubane 10. Popular control over the Institutions of Health: A Historical Study -- Steven Feierman 11. National Medical Politics in Nigeria -- D.D.O. Oyebola 12. Professional Interests and the Creation of Medical Knowledge in Nigeria -- Tola Pearce Conclusions: African Medical Professions Today -- G.L. Chavunduka and -- Murray Last |
| Notes |
Foreword I.M. Lewis Introduction: The Professionalisation of African Medicine: Ambiguities and Definitions Murray Last Part 1: Professionalisation Associations and Government 1. The Organisation of Traditional Medicine in Zimbabwe G.L. Chavunduka 2. Traditional Health Care in Botswana Frants Staugard 3. Assocations and Healers: Atttitudes Towards Collboration in Tanzania I.A.J. Semali 4. Government, Associations and the University: Liaison in Malawi Jerome D. Msonthi 5. The Professionalisation of Indigenous Medicine: A Comparative Study of Ghana and Zambia Patrick A. Twumasi and Dennis Michael Warren 6. Prospects for the Professionalisation of Indigenous Midwifery in Benin Carolyn Sargent 7. The Articulation of Western and Traditional systems of Health Care Carol MacCormack Part 2: Professional Knowledge and Its Control 8. The Training of Traditional Healers in Mashonaland Pamela Reynolds 9. The Predicament of the Sinister Healer Harriet Ngubane 10. Popular control over the Institutions of Health: A Historical Study Steven Feierman 11. National Medical Politics in Nigeria D.D.O. Oyebola 12. Professional Interests and the Creation of Medical Knowledge in Nigeria Tola Pearce Conclusions: African Medical Professions Today G.L. Chavunduka and Murray Last |
| Subject |
Traditional medicine -- Africa
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Traditional medicine -- Africa -- Societies, etc
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African Medicine.
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primary health care.
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regulation.
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traditional healers.
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traditional medicine.
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world health organisation.
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Traditional medicine.
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Africa.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Last, Murray, editor
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Chavunduka, G. L., editor
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| ISBN |
9780429816116 |
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0429816111 |
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9780429816123 |
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042981612X |
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9780429816109 |
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0429816103 |
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9780429444784 |
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0429444788 |
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