The Quest for Therapy in Lower Zaire: Volume 1
(Part of the Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care Series)
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In this book, Dr. John M. Janzen describes patterns of healing among the BaKongo of Lower Zaire in Africa, who, like many peoples elsewhere, utilize cosmopolitan medicine alongside traditional healing practices. What criteria, he asks, determine the choice of the alternative therapies? And what is their institutional interrelationship?
In seeking answers, he analyzes case histories and cultural contexts to explore what social transactions,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0520046331
ISBN13:9780520046337
Release Date:June 1982
Publisher:University of California Press
Length:308 Pages
Weight:0.05 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.5" x 8.2"
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