Saúde e povos indígenas
By: organizado por Ricardo V. Santos & Carlos E.A. Coimbra Jr.
Contributors: Santos, Ricardo Ventura, 1964-; Coimbra Júnior, Carlos Everaldo Alvares, 1959-
Publisher: Editora Fiocruz
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Language: por
Number of pages: 251
Subjects: Indians of South America -- Medicine.; Indians of South America -- Health and hygiene.; Indians of South America -- Social conditions.; Traditional medicine -- South America.
Other titles: Saúde & povos indígenas
Description: "Innovative collection of 10 articles by anthropologists and medical specialists with experience among South American indigenous peoples, principally in Brazil. Overall objective of volume is to integrate bioecological and sociocultural factors in the understanding of health and sickness in indigenous societies. Articles are thematically organized in three parts: 1) studies of pre-history and contact history, 2) ethnomedicine, and 3) impact of socioeconomic processes on health/sickness profiles"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.