The infancy of Edward Shelonga : an extended case from the Zambian Nkoya
| Title | The infancy of Edward Shelonga : an extended case from the Zambian Nkoya |
| Publication Type | Book Chapter |
| Year of Publication | 1979 |
| Authors | W.M.J. van Binsbergen |
| Editor | S. van der Geest, and K.W. Veen |
| Secondary Title | In search of health : essays in medical anthropology |
| Pagination | 19 - 90 |
| Date Published | 1979/// |
| Publisher | Universiteit van Amsterdam, Vakgroep Culturele Antropologie en Niet-westerse Sociologie Algemeen (CANSA), Antopologisch-Sociologisch Centrum |
| Place Published | Amsterdam |
| Publication Language | eng |
| Keywords | child health, folk medicine, history, medical sciences, Zambia |
| Abstract | The case history is based on the health experiences of a boy in the first years of his life. The author aims to shed some light on one of the crucial medical problems of the Third World: the interplay between cosmopolitan (i.e. western, modern) medicine, and such other forms of medicine as exist locally. He argues that the health behaviour of the people involved in the case are rational and understandable. In a postscript (pp. 87-90) he explains his position on the role of cognition more fully |
| Notes | post-print version |
| IR handle/ Full text URL | http://hdl.handle.net/1887/8944 |
| Citation Key | 1504 |