The quest for therapy in Lower Zaire
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Author
Contributions
- Arkinstall, William, joint author. - Contributor
Publication
1978 - University of California Press, Berkeley, California
Language
English
Word Count
66,500 words, Guess
Page Count
266 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivequestfortherapyi0000janz
- ISBN-100520032950
- ISBN-139780520032958
- LibraryThing1336604
- Goodreads1086623
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- Library of Congress Control Number76019982
- OCLC Control Number3897798
- Better World Books9780520032958
- Open LibraryOL4888717M
Classifications
- DDC362.1/04/250967511
- LCCDT650.B33 J36
Description
"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, decisionmaking, illness and therapy classifications, and resource allocations are used in the choice of therapy by the ill, their kinfolk, friends, asociates, and specialized practitioners."--Publisher description (LoC).
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Series Statement
- Comparative studies of health systems and medical care ;
- no. 1
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