Sharing the burden of sickness : a history of healing and medicine in Accra /

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"In Sharing the Burden of Sickness, Jonathan Roberts examines the history of the healing cultures in Accra, Ghana. When people are sick in Accra, they can pursue a variety of therapeutic options. West African traditional healers, spiritual healers from the Islamic and Christian traditions, West...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Roberts, Jonathan (Historian) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2021]
Edition:First printing.
Subjects:
Medicine > Ghana > Accra > History.
Traditional medicine > Ghana > Accra > History.
Medicine > Ghana > Religious aspects.
Médecine > Ghāna > Accra > Histoire.
Médecine > Ghāna > Aspect religieux.
HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / General
Medicine
Medicine > Religious aspects
Traditional medicine
Ghana
Ghana > Accra
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Historicizing Therapeutic Pluralism
  • The Roots of Therapeutic Pluralism in Accra, 1677 to the Mid-1800s
  • The Convergence of the Five Healing Traditions in the "Healthy" Capital of the Gold Coast: Mid-1800s to 1908
  • Therapeutic Pluralism during the Cocoa Boom, 1908-1930s
  • Colonial Medical Culture at Korle Bu, the Gold Coast Hospital, 1923-1945
  • The Creation of an African "Bloodstream": Malaria Control during the Hitler War, 1942-1945
  • The Resilience of Therapeutic Pluralism on the Eve of Ghanaian Independence
  • Epilogue: Therapeutic Pluralism in Postcolonial Accra.

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