The changing geography of traditional medicine: Urban herbalism on the Witwatersrand,South Africa |
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Authors: | Rolf P A Dauskardt |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Geography, University of Witwatersrand, PO Wits 2050, Johannesburg, South Africa |
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Abstract: | While medical geographers have generally ignored medical pluralism in developing countries, a small but significant geographical literature on traditional medicine has emerged. Progress for research by geographers on traditional medicine lies through a broader contextualisation of medical pluralism sensitive to the socio-economic and political context of health and disease. In this paper, a brief overview of medical pluralism in South Africa is presented. Issues surrounding the changing geography of traditional medicine are illustrated with reference to urban herbalism on the Witwatersrand. |
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