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From the bush : the front line of health care in a Caribbean village /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Quinlan, Marsha B., 1964-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Belmont, CA : Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, [2004]
Series:Case studies in cultural anthropology.
Subjects:
Medicine, Rural > Dominica.
Traditional medicine > Dominica.
Botany, Medical > Dominica.
Medical anthropology > Dominica.
Materia medica, Vegetable > Dominica.
Materia medica, Animal > Dominica.
Medicine, Traditional > Dominica.
Ethnobotany > methods > Dominica.
Health Services, Indigenous > organization & administration > Dominica.
Phytotherapy > methods > Dominica.
Plants, Medicinal > Dominica.
Table of Contents:
  • Importance of home remedies
  • Dominica and Dominicans
  • Bwa Mawego
  • Methods
  • Disease and illness in Bwa Mawego
  • Bwa Mawego's sectors of health care
  • Body image in Bwa Mawego
  • Bush medicine in Bwa Mawego: illnesses and their treatments
  • Applications and conclusions
  • Glossary.