Disease as a social construct

  • Dr Donna Knapp van Bogaert Biomedical Ethics - Medunsa and University of Pretoria
  • Prof. Gboyega A Ogunbanjo Medical University of Southern Africa

Abstract

Dr A: I saw you talking to people visiting Mr. C. What s up? Dr. B: problems! It seems that his relatives are blaming Mr. C. for his cholera. They say he acquired cholera because he didn't go to church. But he says that he got it because he was "bewitched".

Author Biographies

Dr Donna Knapp van Bogaert, Biomedical Ethics - Medunsa and University of Pretoria
Part time senior lecturer
Prof. Gboyega A Ogunbanjo, Medical University of Southern Africa
MBBS, MFGP (SA), M Fam Med, FACRRM, FACTM Dept. of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care
Issue
Vol 45 No 5 (2003)
Section
Review Articles
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