Children with failure to thrive, epilepsy and STI/AIDS: Indigenous taxonomies, attributions and ritual treatments

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 505-518

  Eisenbruch, Maurice ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

AIDS; Cambodia; Children; Traditional healing; Transcultural psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAMBODIA; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PSYCHOBIOLOGY; RELIGION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 0031788313     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104598034003     Document Type: Article

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