Susto Etiology and treatment according to Bolivian Trinitario people: A "Masters of the animal species" phenomenon

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 298-319

  Thomas, Evert ^a   Vandebroek, Ina ^b   van Damme, Patrick ^a   Semo, Lucio ^c   Noza, Zacaria ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC BOTANY   (United States)

^c Consejo Indígena del Sur de Isiboro Sécure ^*  (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Desombro; Ethnomedicine; Ethnozoological preparations; Folk illnesses; Moje O; Personalistic etiology

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; ETHNOBOTANY; FEAR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

BOLIVIA; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNOBOTANY; FEAR; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; POPULATION GROUPS; SHAMANISM;

EID: 69949092753     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: 15481387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1387.2009.01065.x     Document Type: Article

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