African Medical Pluralism
William C Olsen editor Carolyn Sargent editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Indiana University Press
Published:27th Feb '17
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- Hardback£66.00(9780253024770)
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.
"This volume covers much ground and gives a good orientation to readers who are totally new to the concept of medical pluralism and the range of healing modalities in Africa. I predict this book will be used widely in courses in anthropology, medical anthropology, African studies, and global health." -Paul Brodwin, author of Everyday Ethics: Voices from the Front Line of Community Psychiatry
ISBN: 9780253024916
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 417g
280 pages