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African medical pluralism /

In most places on the African continent, multiple health care options exist and patients draw on a therapeutic continuum that ranges from traditional medicine and religious healing to the latest in biomedical technology. The ethnographically based essays in this volume highlight African ways of perc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Olsen, William C. (Autor, Editor ), Sargent, Carolyn F., 1947- (Autor, Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington and Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, [2017]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In most places on the African continent, multiple health care options exist and patients draw on a therapeutic continuum that ranges from traditional medicine and religious healing to the latest in biomedical technology. The ethnographically based essays in this volume highlight African ways of perceiving sickness, making sense of and treating suffering, and thinking about health care to reveal the range and practice of everyday medicine in Africa through historical, political, and economic contexts.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780253025098
0253025095
0253024773
9780253024770