Concepts of illness and treatment practice in a caboclo community of the Lower Amazon

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 96-108

  Reeve, Mary Elizabeth ^a  

^a State of Connecticut   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Caboclos; Medical pluralism; Traditional healers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MORBIDITY; SOCIAL CONDITIONS;

EID: 0034153842     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.2000.14.1.96     Document Type: Article

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