Sharing the Burden of Sickness
A History of Healing and Medicine in Accra
In Sharing the Burden of Sickness, Jonathan Roberts examines the history of the healing cultures in Accra, Ghana. When people are sick in Accra, they can pursue a variety of therapeutic options. West African traditional healers, spiritual healers from the Islamic and Christian traditions, Western clinical medicine, and an open marketplace of over-the-counter medicine provide ample means to promote healing and preventing sickness. Each of these healing cultures had a historical point of arrival in the city of Accra, and Roberts tells the story of how they intertwined and how patients and healers worked together in their struggle against diseas…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-253-05792-1
- EAN: 9780253057921
- Produktnummer: 34712891
- Verlag: Indiana University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 352 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Abbildungen: 33 b&w illus.
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Jonathan Roberts
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