From the bush
Subtitle: the front line of health care in a Caribbean village
By: Marsha B. Quinlan.
Series: Case studies in cultural anthropology; Case studies in cultural anthropology.
Publisher: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Belmont, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 152
Subjects: Medicine, Rural -- Dominica.; Traditional medicine -- Dominica.; Botany, Medical -- Dominica.; Medical anthropology -- Dominica.; Materia medica, Vegetable -- Dominica.; Materia medica, Animal -- Dominica.
Other titles: Front line of health care in a Caribbean village
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 140-148) and index.
Table of contents: title: Importance of home remedies; title: Dominica and Dominicans; title: Bwa Mawego; title: Methods; title: Disease and illness in Bwa Mawego; title: Bwa Mawego's sectors of health care; title: Body image in Bwa Mawego; title: Bush medicine in Bwa Mawego: illnesses and their treatments; title: Applications and conclusions; title: Glossary.