African independent churches in Mozambique: Healing the afflictions of inequality

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 176-199

  Pfeiffer, James ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Independent Churches; Health; Intrahousehold; Mozambique; Social inequality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPIRITUAL HEALING;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAITH HEALING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 0036593941     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.2002.16.2.176     Document Type: Article

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