Lahiya vitesse and the quest for relief : A study of medical pluralism in Saga, Niamey, Niger
This paper focuses on what people in Saga, a village on the periphery of Niamey, the capital of Niger, do in the face of illness. With limited economic assets and in a context of medical pluralism, to which therapeutic alternatives do they turn? And what factors are determinant in the choice that th...
Main Author: | Körling, Gabriella |
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Format: | Others |
Language: | English |
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Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi
2005
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Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-6268 |
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