title: One person, two roles: nurse and traditional healer.
abstract: In South Africa it is intended that health care should become more community-driven. One requirement for achieving this is to bring together the traditional and modern medical systems. Nurse/traditional healers, being involved in both systems, can contribute significantly to increased collaboration and understanding between them provided that restrictions on their activities in hospitals are diminished.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, University of Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Tessendorf
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Cunningham
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008602:Mental Healing; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D019035:Rural Health Services; D013019:South Africa