A eficácia simbólica nos sistemas tradicionais de saúde
The health-care system in Mozambique includes two ethno-medical sub-systems: conventional medicine and traditional medicine. The traditional medicine sub-system combines the use of pharmaceutical products with the (re)activation of social relations and representations which turn it into a complex fi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Instituto Universitário de Lisboa
2003-06-01
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| Series: | Cadernos de Estudos Africanos |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/cea/1567 |
| Summary: | The health-care system in Mozambique includes two ethno-medical sub-systems: conventional medicine and traditional medicine. The traditional medicine sub-system combines the use of pharmaceutical products with the (re)activation of social relations and representations which turn it into a complex field of interpretation, in terms of both diagnosis and therapy. It is by analysing this interaction that we are able to come to a possible understanding of their efficacy. |
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| ISSN: | 1645-3794 |