Essays about: "Village dispensary"

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  1. 1. Lahiya vitesse and the quest for relief : A study of medical pluralism in Saga, Niamey, Niger

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Gabriella Körling; [2005]
    Keywords : medical anthropology; medical pluralism; therapy seeking; illness; health care;

    Abstract : This paper focuses on what people in Saga, a village on the periphery of Niamey, the capital of Niger, do in the face of illness. With limited economic assets and in a context of medical pluralism, to which therapeutic alternatives do they turn? And what factors are determinant in the choice that they make? Saga is an old village, which has become increasingly integrated into the expanding urban community of Niamey. READ MORE