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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Traditional Health Care"”.
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Interfacing Traditional and Western Health Care Systems in the Fight Against Coronavirus
… exploring the factors affecting the interfacing traditional and western health care systems in the fight against Coronavirus COVID-19. Experts contend that government agencies and health officials should collaborate with traditional healers rather than oppose them to successfully tackle COVID-19. …
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The Future Of Leadership Training: An Immersive Web-Based Program Enhancing Nurse’s Critical Soft Leadership Skills In New Healthcare Contexts
<p>As the care of health shifts to a more decentralized model of care, it essential that the role of nursing facilitates new paths to meeting patients and communities where they are in the context of their lives, forging new partnerships outside of the traditional health care setting, and focusing …
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An Ethical Analysis of Reproductive Justice in the Context of the Egenics Movement in the United States
… fight for the full range of reproductive rights, health services, and parenting options for women. The movement formed by the group SisterSong, forged partnerships based on an expanded vision of reproductive rights beyond pro-choice or pro-life politics. The Movement produced a “March for Women’s …
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Dignity In Palliative Care: The Hospice at Skogafoss Falls
… patients that seems to be lost in most modern health care facilities. This thesis proposes a 30-bed hospice to be built along the Skógafoss falls in Skógar, Iceland. The hospice design addresses the patientsâ connections to the physician, structure and natural surroundings through …
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An exploration of the cultural context and consequences of perceptions of illness and health-seeking behaviour of the Baloch
Human beliefs about health and illness structure the explanations for health and illness in a society and these explanations rationalise preventive or therapeutic strategies. The purpose of this research was to discover, identify and understand the perceptions of health, illness and health seeking …
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Cultural and Social Factors Impacting on the Programme to Prevent-Mother-To-Child-Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV in Namibia: a Case Study of the Kavango Region
… women choose alternative services such as traditional healers for medical attention during pregnancy, birth and post-natally. The research aims to establish and describe the role of local notions and practices concerning anti-retrovirals on the aforementioned programme. Ethnographic and …
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Adventist Medical Mission in Botswana: Toward an Effective and Appropriate Model
<p>Since holistic health is central to Africans, they will seek it from all possible health-care systems that include (1) African traditional medicine, (2) Western-oriented medicine, (3) Christian medical mission, as well as (4) African Independent Churches (AICs) with emphasis on spiritual …
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Guidelines to promote proper use of African traditional medicine in people living with HIV in selected districts of Limpopo Province
African Traditional Medicine is the sum total of skills and practices based on beliefs and experiences of traditional to African cultures that are used to prevent, diagnose, improve or treat physical and mental illnesses. Traditional medicine used to be the dominant medical system available to …
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The Traditional Roles of Caring for Elders: Views from First Nations Elders Regarding Health, Violence, and Elder Abuse
… Columbia First Nations Elders' views regarding health of communities, intergenerational relationships, Elder roles, and violence towards Elders. Injuries, both intentional and unintentional, are a leading cause of death for First Nations Peoples. Information regarding Elder abuse in First …