How modern-day traditional healers diagnose and treat cancer : the case of Malaysia.
Traditional healers are so embedded in the Malay culture that they are often the first and sometimes only source of healthcare even for chronic diseases such as cancer. Our qualitative study was designed to uncover how Malay traditional healers diagnose and treat cancer. Further, we wanted to ascer...
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| author | Sharan, Merriam Muhamad, Mazanah |
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| description | Traditional healers are so embedded in the Malay culture that they are often the first and sometimes only source of healthcare even for chronic diseases such as cancer. Our qualitative study was designed to uncover how Malay
traditional healers diagnose and treat cancer. Further, we wanted to ascertain their willingness to work with the allopathic system in relieving the cancer burden in Malaysia. Interviews with 14 Malay traditional healers revealed a wide variety of diagnostic and treatment practices, and there is a range of receptiveness for
working with the Western medical system with Islamic healers being the most receptive. |
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| spelling | upm-179502013-11-21T07:18:21Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17950/ How modern-day traditional healers diagnose and treat cancer : the case of Malaysia. Sharan, Merriam Muhamad, Mazanah Traditional healers are so embedded in the Malay culture that they are often the first and sometimes only source of healthcare even for chronic diseases such as cancer. Our qualitative study was designed to uncover how Malay traditional healers diagnose and treat cancer. Further, we wanted to ascertain their willingness to work with the allopathic system in relieving the cancer burden in Malaysia. Interviews with 14 Malay traditional healers revealed a wide variety of diagnostic and treatment practices, and there is a range of receptiveness for working with the Western medical system with Islamic healers being the most receptive. 2011 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17950/1/ID%2017950.pdf Sharan, Merriam and Muhamad, Mazanah (2011) How modern-day traditional healers diagnose and treat cancer : the case of Malaysia. In: Conference of the Adult Education Research Conference (AERC) & Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (CASAE/ACEEA), 9-12 June 2011, Toronto, Canada. . Healers. Cancer. Traditional medicine. English |
| spellingShingle | Healers. Cancer. Traditional medicine. Sharan, Merriam Muhamad, Mazanah How modern-day traditional healers diagnose and treat cancer : the case of Malaysia. |
| title | How modern-day traditional healers diagnose and treat cancer : the case of Malaysia. |
| title_full | How modern-day traditional healers diagnose and treat cancer : the case of Malaysia. |
| title_fullStr | How modern-day traditional healers diagnose and treat cancer : the case of Malaysia. |
| title_full_unstemmed | How modern-day traditional healers diagnose and treat cancer : the case of Malaysia. |
| title_short | How modern-day traditional healers diagnose and treat cancer : the case of Malaysia. |
| title_sort | how modern-day traditional healers diagnose and treat cancer : the case of malaysia. |
| topic | Healers. Cancer. Traditional medicine. |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17950/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17950/1/ID%2017950.pdf |