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Signes therapeutiques et prose de la vie en Afrique noire 黑非洲的治疗迹象和生活散文

Social science & medicine. Part B, Medical anthropology Pub Date : 1981-07-01 DOI: 10.1016/0160-7987(81)90046-6

V.Y. Mudimbe

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引用次数: 2

The unsystematic alternative: Towards plural health care among the Kikuyu of Central Kenya 非系统的选择:肯尼亚中部基库尤人的多元医疗保健

Social science & medicine. Part B, Medical anthropology Pub Date : 1981-07-01 DOI: 10.1016/0160-7987(81)90057-0

Violet Nyambura Kimani

引用次数: 20

The circular semantic network in Ngbandi disease nosology Ngbandi病分类学中的圆形语义网络

Social science & medicine. Part B, Medical anthropology Pub Date : 1981-07-01 DOI: 10.1016/0160-7987(81)90054-5

Gilles Bibeau

引用次数: 24

Professional associations, ethics and discipline among Yoruba traditional healers of Nigeria 尼日利亚约鲁巴族传统治疗师的职业协会、道德和纪律

Social science & medicine. Part B, Medical anthropology Pub Date : 1981-04-01 DOI: 10.1016/0160-7987(81)90030-2

D.D.O. Oyebola

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引用次数: 31

Publications received 出版物收到

Social science & medicine. Part B, Medical anthropology Pub Date : 1981-04-01 DOI: 10.1016/0160-7987(81)90041-7

引用次数: 0

Editorial comment 社论评论

Social science & medicine. Part B, Medical anthropology Pub Date : 1981-04-01 DOI: 10.1016/0160-7987(81)90029-6

P.J.M. McEwan

引用次数: 0

Hot-cold classification: Theoretical and practical implications of a Mexican study 冷热分类:墨西哥研究的理论和实践意义

Social science & medicine. Part B, Medical anthropology Pub Date : 1981-04-01 DOI: 10.1016/0160-7987(81)90036-3

Ellen Messer

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引用次数: 73

Colonialism and international health: A study in social change in Ghana 殖民主义与国际卫生:加纳社会变革研究

Social science & medicine. Part B, Medical anthropology Pub Date : 1981-04-01 DOI: 10.1016/0160-7987(81)90037-5

Patrick A. Twumasi

引用次数: 37

Towards a political economy of health: A critical note on the medical anthropology of the Middle East 迈向健康的政治经济学:对中东医学人类学的批判性注释

Social science & medicine. Part B, Medical anthropology Pub Date : 1981-04-01 DOI: 10.1016/0160-7987(81)90039-9

Soheir A. Morsy

引用次数: 16

Ethnicity and folk healing in Honolulu, Hawaii 夏威夷檀香山的种族和民间治疗

Social science & medicine. Part B, Medical anthropology Pub Date : 1981-04-01 DOI: 10.1016/0160-7987(81)90035-1

Patricia Snyder

引用次数: 4