Bleeding babies in Badakhshan: Symbolism, materialism, and the political economy of traditional medicine in post-Soviet Tajikistan

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 72-93

  Keshavjee, Salmaan ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Badakhshan; Bloodletting; Isma'ili Muslims; Tajikistan; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PHLEBOTOMY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POLITICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMBOLISM; TAJIKISTAN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; USSR;

BLOODLETTING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONIALISM; CULTURE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; POLITICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SYMBOLISM; TAJIKISTAN; USSR;

EID: 33644749451     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.2006.20.1.72     Document Type: Article

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