African Medical Pluralism
African Medical Pluralism
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Published:
27 February, 2017
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Description
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.
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780253024916 |
| ISBN10 | 0253024919 |
| Number Of Pages | 280 |
| Item Weight | 417 g |
| Publisher / Reseller | Indiana University Press |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
"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
Author's Bio
Carolyn Sargent is Professor of Anthropology and Affiliated Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Washington University in St. Louis. She is the author of Maternity, Medicine, and Power.
William C. Olsen lectures in the African Studies Program at Georgetown University. He is editor (with Walter E. A. van Beek) of Evil in Africa: Encounters with the Everyday (IUP).