The indigenization of pharmaceuticals: therapeutic transitions in rural Hausaland.
A West African case study illustrates how indigenous understandings of disease and therapeutics may influence the utilization of biomedicines. This focus suggests a more comprehensive approach for the evaluation and design of health care delivery systems in developing world contexts.
Etkin
N L
NL
Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455.
Ross
P J
PJ
Muazzamu
I
I
D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D009549:Nigeria; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000008:administration & dosage; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D012424:Rural Population
D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations