The Professionalisation of African Medicine

ISBN-13: 9780367000578 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 306 str.

Murray Last; G. L. Chavunduka

Opis

Originally published in 1986, this book draws upon a range of authors to reflect wide interest in systematising traditional medicine, and to include material on significant instances of regulation or organisation.

Spis treści

Foreword. Introduction: The Professionalisation of African Medicine: Ambiguities and Definitions Murray Last Part 1: Professionalisation Associations and Government 1. The Organisation of Traditional Medicine in Zimbabwe 2. Traditional Health Care in Botswana 3. Assocations and Healers: Atttitudes Towards Collboration in Tanzania 4. Government, Associations and the University: Liaison in Malawi  5. The Professionalisation of Indigenous Medicine: A Comparative Study of Ghana and Zambia and 6. Prospects for the Professionalisation of Indigenous Midwifery in Benin 7. The Articulation of Western and Traditional systems of Health Care Part 2: Professional Knowledge and Its Control 8. The Training of Traditional Healers in Mashonaland 9. The Predicament of the Sinister Healer 10. Popular control over the Institutions of Health: A Historical Study  11. National Medical Politics in Nigeria 12. Professional Interests and the Creation of Medical Knowledge in Nigeria Conclusions: African Medical Professions Today