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In most places on the African continent, multiple health care options exist and patients draw on a therapeutic continuum that ranges from traditional medicine a

In Biomedical Hegemony and Democracy in South Africa Ngambouk Vitalis Pemunta and Tabi Chama-James Tabenyang unpack the contentious South African government’s

The essays in the first of the three parts of the book deal with issues of illness and healing as culture. In the second part, sociological and psychological pe

This book presents a comprehensive discussion of classical ideas, core topics, currents and detailed theoretical underpinnings in medical sociology. It is a glo

In this book, Dr. John M. Janzen describes patterns of healing among the BaKongo of Lower Zaire in Africa, who, like many peoples elsewhere, utilize cosmopolita