The adapting healer: Pioneering through shifting epidemiological and sociocultural landscapes

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 889-902

  McMillen, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Biomedicine; Healers; HIV AIDS; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADAPTATION; AFRICA; BIOMEDICINE; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL MEDICINE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANGA [TANZANIA]; TANZANIA;

EID: 2942532394     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2003.12.008     Document Type: Article

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