Repairing broken rules: Care-seeking narratives for menstrual problems in rural mali

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 363-383

  Slobin, Kathleen ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dogon; Mali; Medical pluralism; Menstruation; Narrative; Therapeutic action

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE REPORT; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; MALI; MENSTRUATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; MALI; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MENSTRUATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0032160021     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.1998.12.3.363     Document Type: Article

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