Illness and cure in Tonga
Subtitle: traditional and modern medical practice
By: Siosiane Fanua Bloomfield.
Publisher: Vava'u Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Language: eng; ton
Number of pages: 174
Subjects: Ethnology -- Tonga.; Niueans -- Medicine.; Traditional medicine -- Tonga.; Maternal and infant welfare -- Tonga.; Birth control -- Tonga.; Niueans -- Diseases.; Niueans -- Social life and customs.; Tonga -- Social life and customs.
Notes: Text in English with some Tongan.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-164) and index.
"This is a study of maternal/child health and family planning in Tonga"--Introd.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Tongan etiology of illness and health; title: The curers; title: The cures; title: Case studies; title: Conclusion.