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The African transformation of Western medicine and the dynamics of global cultural exchange
Author
Title
The African transformation of Western medicine and the dynamics of global cultural exchange / David Baronov.
ISBN
9781592139156 (cloth : alk. paper)
1592139159 (cloth : alk. paper)
Published
Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2008.
Physical Description
x, 248 p. ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 24, 2008
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-239) and index.
Contents
The origins of African biomedicine
Dissecting Western medicine
Biomedicine's civilizing mission
African pluralistic medicine and its biomedical antecedents
African biomedicine.
Subjects
Subjects (Medical)
History of Medicine - Africa.
History, 19th Century - Africa.
Anthropology, Cultural - Africa.
History, 20th Century - Africa.
Medicine, African Traditional - Africa.
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