Cross-cultural healing in East African ethnography

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 458-482

  Rekdal, Ole Bjørn ^a  

^a BERGEN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cross cultural healing; Iraqw; Medical anthropology; Tanzania; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AFRICAN MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; TANZANIA;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; HUMANS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; TANZANIA;

EID: 0033250035     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.1999.13.4.458     Document Type: Article

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