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Medical pluralism and Islam in Swahili communities in Kenya

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Title

Medical pluralism and Islam in Swahili communities in Kenya

Description

Analyzes relationships among religious ideology, Swahili identity, and illness treatment.
Focuses on one Swahili man's efforts to find effective treatment for a severe bout of fever, including resort to poorly understood Western medicine, to home remedies, and to humoral-based treatment.

Creator

Susan Beckerleg

Source

Medical Anthropology Quarterly. 8.3. Sept 1994. p. 299-313.
GN296 MAQ NO.3 1994.

Date

1994

Contributor

seah

Format

Article journal