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African Healing and Traditional Healers

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The healing practice of traditional healers is described in terms of: concepts of illness and health, the consultative process, diagnosis, treatment(s), and prevention. A traditional healer describes her healing practice. Incidents involving divination and the extraction of evil spirits are described. I offer a comparison between western and African healing approaches, and end with a note about African witchcraft.

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  1. Center for Medical Education Research and Development, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Retired), Madison, WI, USA

    Mariana G. Hewson

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Hewson, M.G. (2015). African Healing and Traditional Healers. In: Embracing Indigenous Knowledge in Science and Medical Teaching. Cultural Studies of Science Education, vol 10. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9300-1_6

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