The Context of Medicines in Developing Countries: Studies in Pharmaceutical Anthropology (Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 1988)Paperback - Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 1988, 13 November 2013

The Context of Medicines in Developing Countries: Studies in Pharmaceutical Anthropology (Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 1988)
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Part of Series
Culture, Illness and Healing
Print Length
393 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Springer
Date Published
13 Nov 2013
ISBN-10
9401077223
ISBN-13
9789401077224

Description

Western pharmaceuticals are flooding the Third World. Injections, capsules and tablets are available in city markets and village shops, from 'traditional' practitioners and street vendors, as well as from more orthodox sources like hospitals. Although many are aware of this 'pharmaceutical invasion', little has been written about how local people perceive and use these products. This book is a first attempt to remedy that situation. It presents studies of the ways Western medicines are circulated and understood in the cities and rural areas of Africa, Asia and Latin America. We feel that such a collection is long overdue for two reasons. The first is a practical one: people dealing with health problems in developing countries need information about local situations and they need examples of methods they can use to examine the particular contexts in which they are working. We hope that this book will be useful for pharmacists, doctors, nurses, health planners, policy makers and concerned citizens, who are interested in the realities of drug use. Why do people want various kinds of medicine? How do they evaluate and choose them and how do they obtain them? The second reason for these studies of medicines is to fill a need in medical anthropology as a field of study. Here we address our colleagues in anthropol- ogy, medical sociology and related disciplines.

Product Details

Book Edition:
Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 1988
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
NL
Date Published:
13 November 2013
Dimensions:
23.39 x 15.6 x 2.13 cm
ISBN-10:
9401077223
ISBN-13:
9789401077224
Language:
English
Location:
Dordrecht
Pages:
393
Publisher:
Springer
Weight:
576.06 gm

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