title: The indigenization of pharmaceuticals: therapeutic transitions in rural Hausaland.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455.
authors.forename: N L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Etkin
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Muazzamu
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations