Indigenous Healers’ beliefs and practices concerning sexually transmitted diseases

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	FM Mulaudzi, ON Makhubela-Nkondo
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	AOSIS 2006-09-01
Series:	Curationis
Online Access:	https://curationis.org.za/index.php/curationis/article/view/1045

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