Essays about: "medical pluralism"

Found 2 essays containing the words medical pluralism.

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

3. 2. Understanding ‘Illness’

   University essay from Kulturantropologiska avdelningen

   Author : Magdalena Brzezinska; [2004]
   Keywords : Cultural anthropology; Illness; Candomblé; Rio de Janeiro; medical pluralism; lifeworld; narrative; medical knowledge; Kulturantropologi;

   Abstract : This study describes and analyses understanding ‘illness’ among clients and leaders of the spiritual tradition Candomblé in Rio de Janeiro. The study focuses on the individuals’ narratives of illness and of healing rituals within the cult. READ MORE