Traditional healers in the Nigerian health care delivery system and the debate over integrating traditional and scientific medicine

Anthropological Quarterly

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 118-130

  Offiong, Daniel A ^a  

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Author keywords

Health care delivery systems; Ibibio; Integration of traditional and scientific medicine; Negeria; Traditional healers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033268418     PISSN: 00035491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3317426     Document Type: Article

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