NYOK, Maurine Ekun. Biomedical Hegemony and Democracy in South Africa by Ngambouck Vitalis Pemunta and Chama-James Tabenyang. Electronic Journal of Social and Strategic Studies. 2021, roč. 2, č. 1, s. 150-153. ISSN 2582-9645. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.47362/EJSSS.2021.2117.
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Základní údaje
Originální název Biomedical Hegemony and Democracy in South Africa by Ngambouck Vitalis Pemunta and Chama-James Tabenyang
Autoři NYOK, Maurine Ekun.
Vydání 2021.
Další údaje
Originální jazyk angličtina
Typ výsledku Recenze
Stát vydavatele Indie
Utajení není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
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Organizační jednotka Fakulta sociálních studií
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.47362/EJSSS.2021.2117
Klíčová slova anglicky Biomedicine; Africa; Democracy; Economy; Public Health; South Africa; Traditional Medicine
Změnil Změnila: Mgr. Blanka Farkašová, učo 97333. Změněno: 3. 1. 2022 16:11.
Anotace
The main aim of this book is to create an avenue for collaboration between the African traditional and biomedical healthcare systems. The main narrative unfolds as follows. Despite the dominance of biomedicine, its inability to find a solution to the HIV/AIDS pandemic in South Africa did not just send desperate and frustrated patients to resort to traditional healers, but also forced the South African government to publicly adopt traditional medicine while refusing HIV patients access to much-needed antiretroviral therapy. South Africa is a multi-ethnic country with many traditional healers of different backgrounds and expertise, who are very much involved in the healthcare of its citizens, many of whom believe that there are certain illnesses (“African diseases”) that can only be cured by traditional healers. However, since such healers are not always well-equipped to diagnose diseases, some of the healing processes can be very risky to patients. According to South Africans who participated in the study, through integration, traditional healing can be improved to meet rigorous medical standards such as quality, measurement, and sanitary conditions.
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