The quest for therapy in Lower Zaire
By: John M. Janzen, with the collaboration of William Arkinstall ; foreword by Charles Leslie.
Contributors: Arkinstall, William, joint author.
Series: Comparative studies of health systems and medical care ;; no. 1
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 1978
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
Subjects: Kongo (African people); Alternative medicine -- Congo (Democratic Republic)
Description: "In this book, Dr. John M. Janzen describes patterns of healing among the BaKongo of Lower Zaire in Africa, who, like many peoples elsewhere, utilize cosmopolitan medicine alongside traditional healing practices. What criteria, he asks, determine the choice of the alternative therapies? And what is their institutional interrelationship? In seeking answers, he analyzes case histories and cultural contexts to explore what social transactions, decisionmaking, illness and therapy classifications, and resource allocations are used in the choice of therapy by the ill, their kinfolk, friends, asociates, and specialized practitioners."--Publisher description (LoC).
Notes: Bibliography: p. [251]-257.
Includes index.