Indigenous healers' beliefs and practices concerning sexually transmitted diseases.
A Grounded Theory study has been used, based on its Theory of Symbolic Interactionism, to explore indigenous healers' beliefs and practices concerning sexually transmitted diseases amongst the Vhavenda. Initial data collection has been done, using purposive sampling and when categories started emerg...
| Publicado en: | Curationis Vol. 29; no. 1; pp. 46 - 54 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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African Online Scientific Information System PTY LTD
Mar2006
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