Becoming "one who treats": A case study of a Luo healer and her grandson in Western Kenya

Anthropology and Education Quarterly

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 447-471

  Prince, Ruth ^a   Geissler, P Wenzel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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EID: 0035528605     PISSN: 01617761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aeq.2001.32.4.447     Document Type: Article

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