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THE QUEST FOR THERAPY : Medical Pluralism in Lower Zaire (Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care)
by John M.; William, Arkinstall (Charles Leslie, Foreword)
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- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/None as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0520046331
- ISBN 13
- 9780520046337
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About This Item
Berkeley, CA: Univ of California Press, 1982. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/AS NEW. Softcover/Fine, showing trace discoloration. Pencilled notes, w/page reference, to front cover verso & title page, by serious reader. Socio-anthropology. Remarkable study of the complex relationship between traditional medical practices and the import of modern medicine in lower Zaire, Kongo society in the 1980s. 266 pgs w/illustrations and maps. Text in 12 chapters, 3 parts: Part I, The Area of Study; II, Studies in Kongo Illness & Therapy; and III,The Logic of Therapeutic Systems, followed by appendices of Case Studies cited, traditional medicinal plants, and Glossary.,
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- Title
- THE QUEST FOR THERAPY : Medical Pluralism in Lower Zaire (Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care)
- Author
- John M.; William, Arkinstall (Charles Leslie, Foreword)
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- None as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, 2nd Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0520046331
- ISBN 13
- 9780520046337
- Publisher
- Univ of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley, CA
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- Anthropoly/Africa/Zaire/Medicine/Traditional Healers/Modern Medicine
- Bookseller catalogs
- Medicine/Medical; Anthropology/Ethnology;
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