Pills Against Poverty. A Study of the Introduction of Western Medicine in a Tamil Village

Djurfeldt, Goran & Lindberg, Staffan

Published by Studentlitteratur / Curzon (1975), Lund / London, 1975

About this Item

22x15cm, 232 pages., Series: Scandinavian Institute of Asian Studies, Monograph Series No. 23. Inscribed by author on title. Contents: Theoretical Perspectives: Disease as a Social Phenomenon; Individual Behaviour & System Survival.Thaiyur Panchayat - A Short Presentation; The Disease Panorama; Poverty & Disease; Allopathic Medicine;Folk Medical Knowledge & Practitioners of Indigenous Medicine: A Paradigmatic Case: Krishna's Medical Knowledge; Common Sense; Medical- technical Knowledge; Religious Theory & Magico-Religious Practice; Reasons for the Survival of Indigenous Medicine; Family Planning; Conclusion: Where Medical Technology Fails. Some light pencil underlining to first 20 pp, minor rubbing, VG.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pills Against Poverty. A Study of the Introduction of Western Medicine in a Tamil Village
• Publisher: Studentlitteratur / Curzon (1975), Lund / London
• Publication Date: 1975
• Binding: orig. wrappers
• Illustrator: Textual photos,graphs,tables
• Seller catalogs:
  • Indian Ethnology