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Using honey to heal diabetic foot ulcers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Diabetic ulcers seem to be arrested in the inflammatory/proliferative stage of the healing process, allowing infection and inflammation to preclude healing.
Aaltonen, LA   +63 more
core   +2 more sources

The Core of Care Management: The Role of Authentic Relationships in Caring for Patients with Frequent Hospitalizations. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
In the movement to improve the health of patients with multiple chronic conditions and vulnerabilities, while reducing the need for hospitalizations, care management programs have garnered wide attention and support.
Brenner, Jeffrey   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Invasion of Spirits

open access: yesNordic Journal of African Studies, 2004
Spirit possession phenomena spread to the Maasai area in Northern Tanzania especially in the 1960s and 1970s. Among the Maasai, spirit possession was not part of established cultural behaviour, although possession phenomena and associated healing cults ...
Arvi Hurskainen
doaj   +1 more source

Traditional Healing in the Contemporary Life of the Antanosy People of Madagascar [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Traditional healing among the Antanosy people of southeastern Madagascar requires medicinal plants used by highly trained ombiasa (shamen). Given the influence of globalization, we hypothesized diminishing reliance on traditional medicine among the ...
Hardesty, Linda H., Lyon, Linda M.
core   +1 more source

Explanatory model of mental illness and treatment-seeking behavior among caregivers of patients with mental illness: Evidence from Eastern India

open access: yesIndian Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2020
Background: Mental illness does not have a homogeneous definition since its explanation varies across the culture. Caregivers are playing a vital role in the decision-making process of patient treatment.
Vijay Kumar Lilhare   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mitigating Contemporary Trauma Impacts Using Ancient Applications

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic represents the most significant global challenge in a generation. Based on extant data from previous pandemics, demographic, occupational, and psychological factors have been linked to distress and for some vulnerable members of ...
Gavin Morris   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Traditional Healers and Mental Health in Nepal: A Scoping Review. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Despite extensive ethnographic and qualitative research on traditional healers in Nepal, the role of traditional healers in relation to mental health has not been synthesized.
Franz, Lauren   +6 more
core   +1 more source

\u27Workshops in healing\u27 for senior medical students: 5 year overview and appraisal [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
We report upon the design, content and feedback from an interactive, experiential series of Workshops in Healing for senior medical students. Fifty-six final year medical students enrolled in 2×3 h workshops designed around the core themes of ‘physician ...
Kearsley, John, Lobb, Elizabeth
core   +2 more sources

The role of traditional medicine practice in primary health care within Aboriginal Australia: a review of the literature [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This literature review attempts to identify and examine, both qualitatively and quantitatively, traditional medicine practices within Aboriginal Australia today.AbstractThe practice of traditional Aboriginal medicine within Australia is at risk of being ...
Stefanie J Oliver
core   +1 more source

The status of traditional healing in the Limpopo province of South Africa

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2020
Traditional healing and the use of traditional medicines were historically banned by the South African apartheid government. The dawn of democracy saw a change in the laws, which gave freedom to the traditional African practices. Nevertheless, many South
Resenga J. Maluleka
doaj   +1 more source

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