Ethnocentrism
Subtitle: reflections on medical anthropology
By: Sjaak van der Geest & Ria Reis, editors
Edition: 2nd rev. ed.
Series: Health, culture & society; Health, culture, and society
Publisher: Het Spinhuis
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Amsterdam
Language: eng
Number of pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9789055892327
Subjects: Medical anthropology; Ethnocentrism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Ethnocentrism and medical anthropology  -- Sjaak van der Geest; title: Euro-centrism in medical disguise : racist policies in 19th and early 20th century Sierra Leone  -- Chris de Beet; title: 'Doctor-talk' and 'patient-talk' : power and ethnocentrism in Ghana  -- Kodjo A. Senah; title: Contesting reality : therapists and schizophrenic people in a psychiatric hospital in the Netherlands  -- Els van Dongen; title: Creation/production : Kunda versus biomedical concepts of birth in rural Zambia  -- Annette Drews; title: Between ethnocentrism and arrogance : fieldwork experiences from Vietnam -- Sonja Zweegers.