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Tebogo Tsele-Tebakang

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Tebogo Tsele-Tebakang

ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONS COUNCIL OF SOUTH AFRICA

Conventional and complementary healthcare professionals need to work together

An inter-referral system between conventional and complementary medical practitioners is essential to giving patients optimal care in our diverse society

  • Tebogo Tsele-Tebakang
5 min read
According to the World Health Organisation, a large proportion — 60 to 80% — of the South African population use herbal products for the treatment of health problems. (David Harrison)
HERBAL MEDICINES

Doctors need to discuss herb-drug interaction with patients

There is a dangerous dearth of reliable data on the effects of taking herbal remedies concurrently with prescribed medicine

  • Tebogo Tsele-Tebakang
4 min read