Abstract Toronto physician Mel Borins, who has travelled extensively to developing
countries to examine traditional healing practices, recently visited elders at an Ontario Indian …

OBJECTIVE: To ascertain the extent to which family physicians in British Columbia agree
with First Nations patients' using traditional Native medicines. DESIGN: Randomized cross …

An important part of the complex culture of the Native people of Canada's Pacific coast is the
traditional system of medicine each culture has developed. Population loss from epidemics …

I have an early childhood memory of my grandmother boiling water on a wood stove. A soft,
cedar scent emanated from the pot. Grandma was coming down with a cold, so she was …

During the 1970s worldwide interest developed in traditional healing practices. In 1978 the
World Health Organization held a conference on" Traditional Medicine," which concluded by …

Philip S Kubukeli spent 15 years trainit as a traditional healer. He founded the Western
Cape Traditional Healers Association. He is a member of the South African Traditional …

Lee and Balick discuss the value found in traditional medicine, such as is found among the
people of remote Pacific Islands. They believe that in the modern world, seizing the …

The author provides a short review of the present role of" traditional medicine", a term which
he considers unsatisfactory. He points out that traditional medicine is an established part of …

PIP: The study objective was to determine the role of indigenous medicine practitioners in
providing medical care to the people and to identify factors influencing continuity of their …

Although spirituality has been an essential part of healing for most of mankind, modern
medicine is more likely to embrace a mechanistic view of the human body where illness is …