Experiences of Sickness and Healing by Poor Rural Families in Lebowa
Keywords:
Physicians, Family, Religion and Medicine, Transcultura Studies, Culture, Holistic Health.
Abstract
Experiences of sickness and healing of poor rural families are reported with particular reference to western, traditional and church health care. The direct verbal reports from families are used. An hypothesis is developed, that the negative experiences which the people had with western health care is related to insensitivity to the family's context and an inability, to connect.
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