title: Hegemony and healing in rural North Yemen.
abstract: This article examines medical pluralism by considering how people in a village in North Yemen respond to unusual and to ordinary ailments. The resort to care is explained against a backdrop of increasing economic differentiation and religious orthodoxy in the community.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Demography, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, England.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Myntti
mesh_terms: D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D003906:Developing Countries; D006801:Humans; D008273:Magic; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D008602:Mental Healing; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012423:Rural Health; D012803:Sick Role; D015006:Yemen