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Medicine and Morality in Haiti : The Contest for Healing Power (Cambridge Studies in Medical Anthropology)
Medicine and Morality in Haiti The Contest for Healing Power - Cambridge Studies in Medical Anthropology
Author: Paul Brodwin
Medicine and morality in rural Haiti are shaped both by different local religious traditions and by biomedical and folk medicine practices. People who become ill may seek treatment from Western doctors, but also from herbalists and religious leaders. This study examines the decisions guiding such choices, and considers moral issues arising in a...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521570299
ISBN-10: 0521570298
Publication Date: 9/13/1996
Pages: 250
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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