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From the bush : the front line of health care in a Caribbean village / Marsha B. Quinlan.
- Title
- From the bush : the front line of health care in a Caribbean village / Marsha B. Quinlan.
- Author
- Quinlan, Marsha B., 1964-
- Publication
- Southbank, Victoria, Australia ; Belmont, CA : Thomson/Wadsworth, c2004.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | GR121.D58 Q856 2004 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xv, 152 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Series Statement
- Case studies in cultural anthropology
- Uniform Title
- Case studies in cultural anthropology.
- Alternative Title
- Front line of health care in a Caribbean village
- Subject
- Botany, Medical > Dominica
- Dominica > ethnology
- Ethnobotany > methods
- Health Services, Indigenous > organization & administration
- Materia medica, Animal > Dominica
- Materia medica, Vegetable > Dominica
- Medical anthropology > Dominica
- Medicine, Traditional
- Phytotherapy > methods
- Plants, Medicinal
- Traditional medicine > Dominica
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 140-148) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Importance of home remedies -- Dominica and Dominicans -- Bwa Mawego -- Methods -- Disease and illness in Bwa Mawego -- Bwa Mawego's sectors of health care -- Body image in Bwa Mawego -- Bush medicine in Bwa Mawego: illnesses and their treatments -- Applications and conclusions -- Glossary.
- ISBN
- 0155085670
- LCCN
- ^^2002113893
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library