Huli response to illness, the
Auteur :
Frankel, Stephen
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521619660
Date de publication :
17 févr. 2005
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,3 cm
Poids :
340 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Dr Frankel's study of the rapid transformation of traditional medical care among the Huli of New Guinea by Western treatments strikingly combines the methods of social anthropology and epidemiology. The study as a whole integrates material conventionally divided between anthropological and medical texts and powerfully demonstrates the limitations of this traditional separation.