Witchcraft and epilepsy in traditional indigenous medicine;Pensamiento magico y epilepsia en la medicina tradicional indigena

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 26, Issue 154, 1998, Pages 1064-1068

  Carod, F J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Indigenous peoples; Traditional medicine; Transcultural analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AFRICA; CENTRAL AMERICA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EPILEPSY; PHYSICIAN; SOUTH AMERICA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAMEROON; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAGIC; NEGRO; PARAGUAY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TANZANIA;

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTICONVULSANTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAMEROON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EPILEPSY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MAGIC; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MENTAL HEALING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARAGUAY; PHYTOTHERAPY; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA;

EID: 0032294662     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.26154.98049     Document Type: Article

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