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The Context of Medicines in Developing Countries: Studies in Pharmaceutical Anthropology - Culture, Illness and Healing Sjaak Van Der Geest Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988 edition
The Context of Medicines in Developing Countries: Studies in Pharmaceutical Anthropology - Culture, Illness and Healing
Sjaak Van Der Geest
It presents studies of the ways Western medicines are circulated and understood in the cities and rural areas of Africa, Asia and Latin America. The second reason for these studies of medicines is to fill a need in medical anthropology as a field of study.
406 pages, biography
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | November 13, 2013 |
| ISBN13 | 9789401077224 |
| Publishers | Springer |
| Pages | 393 |
| Dimensions | 159 × 234 × 22 mm · 576 g |
| Editor | Geest, Sjaak van der |
| Editor | Whyte, Susan Reynolds |