A collection of essays in which use of diverse research strategies contribute to a reappraisal of the study of ethnomedicine. The contested nature of medical knowledge is documented, revealing a close articulation between individual suffering and the social and political order.
First Published in 1992. The reader of this volume will see how a decade of new work has remade ethnomedicine into one of the livelier and more promising domains of anthropology. Nicthter''s encompassing redefinition of the relationship of ethnomedicine to medical anthropology and his critical comments that introduce each chapter are bound to provoke discussion and response over the years to come. - Arthur Kleinman, MD Harvard Medical School.
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