The walk without limbs : searching for Indigenous health knowledge in a rural context in South Africa

The walk without limbs searching for Indigenous health knowledge in a rural context in South Africa

In a country as diverse as South Africa, sickness and health often mean different things to different people so much so that the different health definitions and health belief models in the country seem to have a profound influence on the health-seeking behaviour of the people who are part of our vi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Mji, Gebula, editor (editor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durbanville, Cape Town, South Africa : AOSIS [2019]
Materias:
Traditional medicine > South Africa.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009655220806719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations, Boxes, Figures and Tables Appearing in the Text
  • List of Abbreviations xixList of Boxes
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Declaration
  • Introduction
  • Section 1: Presentation of critical research findings that emerged from the PhD study: The walk without limbs
  • Chapter 1: Evolution of the book - Recognising the absence of limbs
  • Chapter 2: An epistemology on health and illness according to biomedical and indigenous health knowledge perspectives
  • Chapter 3: Women as healers and indigenous knowledge systems and its holders: An intertwined epistemological and ontological struggle for recognition
  • Chapter 4: Research methodology that drove the study
  • Chapter 5: Critical study outcomes and the proposed primary healthcare model
  • Chapter 6: Opting for a veil of secrecy - The silencing of indigenous health service seekers by healthcare providers in Bomvanaland
  • Chapter 7: The heavy price paid by the Bomvana in questioning the Western modernity script of civilisation
  • Chapter 8: Presenting the elite older Xhosa women healers of Bomvanaland in the Eastern Cape province
  • Section 2: Translation and application of PhD critical research findings on the research site: The backward and forward movement - Trying to find our limbs
  • Chapter 9: Steps taken to translate critical research findings
  • Chapter 10: Bringing in a conversation in health and education: A missing link?
  • Chapter 11: Indigenous spirituality within formal health care practice
  • Chapter 12: Savings, investments and credit groups: A holistic approach to community upliftment
  • Chapter 13: Community engagement in KwaXanase: Moving from fear to pride and confidence
  • References
  • Index.

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