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Author:   Sjaak van der Geest ,  Susan Reynolds Whyte
Publisher:   Kluwer Academic Publishers Group
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic Publishers
Edition:   1988 ed.
Volume:   12
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 29.70cm
Weight:   1.660kg
ISBN:  

9781556080593

ISBN 10:   155608059
Pages:   393
Publication Date:   31 October 1988
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Medicines in Context: an Introduction.- The Transaction of Medicines.- Introductory Note.- Commercial Pharmaceutical Medicine and Medicalization: a Case Study from El Salvador.- Traditional Practitioners and Western Pharmaceuticals in Sri Lanka.- Medicines and Rural Health Services: an Experiment in the Dominican Republic.- Buying Drugs in Addis Ababa: a Quantitative Analysis.- ‘Casi como doctor’: Pharmacists and their Clients in a Mexican Urban Context.- The Articulation of Formal and Informal Medicine Distribution in South Cameroon.- The Rise of the Modern Jamu Industry in Indonesia: a Preliminary Overview.- The Meaning of Medicines.- Introductory Note.- Culture and Pharmaceutics: Some Epistemological Observations of Pharmacological Systems in Ancient Europe and Medieval China.- The Use of Herbal and Biomedical Pharmaceuticals on Mauritius.- The Power of Medicines in East Africa.- Traditional Medication at Pregnancy and Childbirth in Madura, Indonesia.- The Reinterpretation and Distribution of Western Pharmaceuticals: an Example from the Mende of Sierra Leone.- Cultural Meanings of Oral Rehydration Salts in Jamaica.- Penicillin: an Ancient Ayurvedic Medicine.- Cultural Constructions of Efficacy.- Conclusion.- Pharmaceutical Anthropology: Perspectives for Research and Application.- List of Contributors.- Index of Names.- Index of Subjects.

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