Disease concepts and treatment by tribal healers of an Amazonian forest culture

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 5, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Herndon, Christopher N ^a   Uiterloo, Melvin ^b   Uremaru, Amasina ^b,c   Plotkin, Mark J ^d   Emanuels Smith, Gwendolyn ^b   Jitan, Jeetendra ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Amazon Conservation Team Suriname   (Suriname)

^c Trio indigenous community of Kwamalasamutu   (Suriname)

^d AMAZON   (United States)

^e Ministry of Health   (Suriname)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GUYANA; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; GUYANA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SHAMANISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71149093692     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-5-27     Document Type: Article

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