{
  "id": 5251659,
  "title": "Traditional medicine and healthcare: Why listening matters",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/traditional-medicine-and-healthcare-why-listening-matters",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-03T05:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/the-star/opinion/2026-09-03-traditional-medicine-and-healthcare-why-listening-matters/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Patients may withhold information about traditional medicine because they fear judgement, but safer care requires clinicians to ask about its use respectfully and routinely.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}