Sacrifice, plants, and western pharmaceuticals: Money and health care in northern Ghana

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 316-337

  Bierlich, Bernhard ^a  

^a National Commission on Culture   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Chemists; Drug peddlers; Herbalists; Money; Public health

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; GHANA; HEALTH; HUMAN; MEDICAL FEE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEES, MEDICAL; GHANA; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 0033193321     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.1999.13.3.316     Document Type: Article

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