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Witchcraft, Sorcery and Social Categories Among the Safwa
Av Alan Harwood
E-bok, 2018
658 kr
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Originally published in 1970, this book explores the role of concepts of disease in the social life of the Safwa of Tanzania, particularly through beliefs concerning witchcraft and sorcery. Examining Safwa ideas about the cuasation of disease and death and the use of aetiological terms in actual …
Witchcraft, Sorcery and Social Categories Among the Safwa
Av Alan Harwood
E-bok, 2018
639 kr
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Originally published in 1970, this book explores the role of concepts of disease in the social life of the Safwa of Tanzania, particularly through beliefs concerning witchcraft and sorcery. Examining Safwa ideas about the cuasation of disease and death and the use of aetiological terms in actual …
Community Participation in Health
The Politics of Primary Care in Costa Rica
Av Lynn M. Morgan, Alan Harwood
Häftad, 2006
623 kr
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A guiding principle of international primary health care since the 1970s is contained in the slogan, 'community participation in health'. In practice, however, national and local political considerations are often decisive in the implementation of health policies. Dr Morgan shows how 'community …
Community Participation in Health
The Politics of Primary Care in Costa Rica
Av Lynn M. Morgan, Alan Harwood
Inbunden, 1993
1389 kr
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A guiding principle of international primary health care since the 1970s is contained in the slogan, 'community participation in health'. In practice, however, national and local political considerations are often decisive in the implementation of health policies. Dr Morgan shows how 'community …
Medicine and Morality in Haiti
The Contest for Healing Power
Häftad, 1996
637 kr
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Morality and medicine are inextricably intertwined in rural Haiti, and both are shaped by the different local religious traditions, Christian and Vodoun, as well as by biomedical and folk medical practices. When people fall ill, they seek treatment not only from Western doctors but also from …
Doctors for Democracy
Health Professionals in the Nepal Revolution
Av Vincanne Adams, Alan Harwood
Häftad, 1998
787 kr
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This book examines the role of the Nepali physicians in the revolutionary changes in 1990. These doctors are trained in the Western tradition, and participate in international scientific debates, yet they have always been concerned to develop a form of medical practice that was relevant to Nepali …
Questioning Misfortune
The Pragmatics of Uncertainty in Eastern Uganda
Av Susan Reynolds Whyte, Alan Harwood
Inbunden, 1998
1302 kr
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Some of the most interesting ethnographies of experience are concerned to highlight the indeterminate nature of life. Questioning Misfortune is very much within this tradition. Based on a long-term study of adversity and its social causes in Bunyole, eastern Uganda, it considers the way in which …
Questioning Misfortune
The Pragmatics of Uncertainty in Eastern Uganda
Av Susan Reynolds Whyte, Alan Harwood
Häftad, 1998
667 kr
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Some of the most interesting ethnographies of experience are concerned to highlight the indeterminate nature of life. Questioning Misfortune is very much within this tradition. Based on a long-term study of adversity and its social causes in Bunyole, eastern Uganda, it considers the way in which …
Epidemiology and Culture
Av James A. Trostle, Alan Harwood
Inbunden, 2005
1090 kr
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This book shows how practitioners in the emerging field of 'cultural epidemiology' describe human health, communicate with diverse audiences, and intervene to improve health and prevent disease. It uses textual and statistical portraits of disease to describe past and present collaborations between …
Meaning, Medicine and the 'Placebo Effect'
Av Daniel E. Moerman, Alan Harwood
Inbunden, 2002
1286 kr
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Daniel Moerman presents an innovative and enlightening discussion of human reaction to the meaning of medical treatment. Traditionally, the effectiveness of medical treatments is attributed to specific elements, such as drugs or surgical procedures, but many things happen in medicine which simply …
Witchcraft, Sorcery and Social Categories Among the Safwa
Av Alan Harwood
Inbunden, 2018
1827 kr
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Originally published in 1970, this book explores the role of concepts of disease in the social life of the Safwa of Tanzania, particularly through beliefs concerning witchcraft and sorcery. Examining Safwa ideas about the cuasation of disease and death and the use of aetiological terms in actual …
Witchcraft, Sorcery and Social Categories Among the Safwa
Av Alan Harwood
Häftad, 2020
560 kr
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Originally published in 1970, this book explores the role of concepts of disease in the social life of the Safwa of Tanzania, particularly through beliefs concerning witchcraft and sorcery. Examining Safwa ideas about the cuasation of disease and death and the use of aetiological terms in actual …
