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Title:The duality of traditional and Western medicine in Africa: mystics, myths and reality
Author:Mburu, F.M.
Year:1976
Periodical:The Conch: A Biafran Journal of Literary and Cultural Analysis
Volume:8
Issue:1-2
Pages:158-185
Language:English
Geographic term:Subsaharan Africa
Subjects:medical sciences
traditional medicine
Abstract:Describes the relevance of both the traditional and modern medicine to an indigenous population. It explores the conflicts resultant from the interaction of discordant belief systems, interest groups, fear of dismemberment and sheer ignorance of the dynamics of the alien system vis-a-vis the indigenous. Ref.
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