Shangaan patients and traditional healers management strategies of hypertension in Limpopo Province
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Shangaan patients and traditional healers management strategies of hypertension in Limpopo Province.
The study explored the cultural care beliefs, values and attitudes of Shangaans patients' and traditional healers' management strategies of hypertension in the Limpopo Province. The study aimed to describe the cultural values, beliefs and practices including taboos, rituals and religion within the world-view of the Shangaans. The study was undertaken in the Mopani region of the Greater Giyani a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Curationis
سال: 2007
ISSN: 2223-6279,0379-8577
DOI: 10.4102/curationis.v30i1.1056