Bonesetters and curers in a Mexican community: Conceptual models, status, and gender

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-38

  Huber, Brad R ^a   Anderson, Robert ^b  

^a Department of Teacher Education and Department of Sociology and Anthropology   (United States)

^b MILLS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bonesetters; Curers; Ethnomedicine; Gender; Mexico; Nahua

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISLOCATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MENTAL HEALING; MEXICO; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0030140083     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740.1996.9966126     Document Type: Article

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