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Socio-cultural profile of Bapedi traditional healers as indigenous knowledge custodians and conservation partners in the Blouberg area, Limpopo Province, South Africa

BACKGROUND: Bapedi traditional healers of Blouberg are custodians of indigenous knowledge on medicinal plants of this region. They provide primary health care to a large number of people in the Blouberg area of South Africa. There is concern that this profession is dying out, which may be detrimenta...

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Autores principales: Mathibela, Malehu K, Egan, Bronwyn A, Du Plessis, Helena J, Potgieter, Martin J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4468808/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26048038
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13002-015-0025-3