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Indian 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
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UVULECTOMY AND OTHER TRADITIONAL HEALING PRACTICES: TRADITIONAL HEALERS‘ PERCEPTIONS AND PRACTICES IN A CONGOLESE REFUGEE CAMP IN TANZANIA [PDF]
, 2006 Little is studied about traditional healers‘ perceptions toward and practice of uvulectomy, which is known as a traditional surgical practice mainly in Africa and which sometimes results in severe complications.
Kunii, Osamu +3 more
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Mitigating Contemporary Trauma Impacts Using Ancient Applications
Frontiers 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
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Medicine Anthropology Theory, 2019 In this article, I use classical anthropological and sociological theory on exchange to explain the robustness of the cultural economy of healing in Northern Ghana.
Eva Krah
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The status of traditional healing in the Limpopo province of South Africa
HTS 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
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South African Family Practice, 2015 Background: Cervical cancer is the third most common gynaecologic malignancy worldwide and is the second most common cancer among South African women. Although entirely preventable, cervical cancer is responsible for the death of approximately 3 027, 53%
Despina Learmonth +2 more
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Exploring scraping therapy: Contemporary views on an ancient healing – A review
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2021 Gua sha is a traditional healing technique that aims to create petechiae on the skin for a believed therapeutic benefit. Natural healings are mostly based on repeated observations and anecdotal information.
Eric Chun Pu Chu +3 more
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‘Traditional’ Healers, Speaking and Motivation in Vava’u, Tonga: Explaining Syncretism and Addressing Health Policy [PDF]
, 2010 Bilateral health system development in Tonga is implicated in a misrepresentation of ‘traditional’ healing that has serious implications for the provision of health care.
Poltorak, Mike, Mike Poltorak (16050701)
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Dermatological remedies in the traditional pharmacopoeia of Vulture-Alto Bradano, inland southern Italy [PDF]
, 2008 YesDermatological remedies make up at least one-third of the traditional pharmacopoeia in southern Italy. The identification of folk remedies for the skin is important both for the preservation of traditional medical knowledge and in the search for novel
Andrea Pieroni +10 more
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Microfibril-associated protein 5 and the regulation of skin scar formation
Scientific Reports, 2023 Many factors regulate scar formation, which yields a modified extracellular matrix (ECM). Among ECM components, microfibril-associated proteins have been minimally explored in the context of skin wound repair.
Chen Han +13 more
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