title: Medical practice and tribal communities.
abstract: Recent studies are discussed of societies in which medical procedures, involving injections and other modern techniques, are carried out by unqualified practitioners. These practitioners are discussed from the point of view of the sociology of health care.
mesh_terms: D000488:Allied Health Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D005006:Ethnicity; D006296:Health Services; D006303:Health Services, Indigenous; D006280:Health Workforce / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D013672:Technology; D015024:Zambia