Anthropological approaches to the study of ethnomedicine /

Anthropological approaches to the study of ethnomedicine /

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Imprint:Yverdon, Switzerland ; Philadelphia : Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, c1992.
Description:xxii, 259 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Traditional medicine
Medical anthropology
Medical anthropology.
Traditional medicine.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1467916
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Other authors / contributors:Nichter, Mark
ISBN:2881245307
2881245293 (pbk.)
Notes:"... an expanded collection of essays ... originally organized for a special edition of the journal Medical anthropology, volume 13 (1-2) 1991"--Pref.
Includes bibliographical references.
Table of Contents:
  • An Ayurvedic Theory of Cancer
  • An Epidemiological Description of a Folk Illness
  • A Study of Empacho in Guatemala Discourse
  • Daño and Healing in North Coastal Peru Guardian Angels Dirty Spirits
  • The Moral Basis of Healing Power in Rural Haiti Deciding How to Decide
  • Posession-Mediumship in Jalari Divination "Unclean Deeds"
  • Menstrual Taboos and Binding "Ties" in Rural Jamaica The Harp That Plays by Itself
  • The Production of Self and Body in Sherpa-Tibetan Society Malay Medicine, Malay
  • Person Ethnomedicine
  • Diverse Trends, Common Linkages

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