Dying under the Bird's Shadow: Narrative representations of Degedege and child survival among the Zaramo of Tanzania

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-93

  Kamat, Vinay R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child survival; Context; Degedege; Illness narratives; Malaria; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEREAVEMENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PARENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SURVIVOR; TANZANIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SURVIVORS; TANZANIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 45449102897     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: 15481387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1387.2008.00004.x     Document Type: Article

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