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Record Nr.

UNINA9910494751403321

Autore

Bierlich Bernhard <1963->

Titolo

The problem of money : African agency and Western medicine in northern Ghana / / Bernhard Bierlich

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn Books, , 2007

©2007

ISBN

1-84545-351-4

1-78238-873-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Collana

Monographs in German history

Disciplina

306.4/61

Soggetti

Medical anthropology - Ghana - Dagomba

Traditional medicine - Ghana - Dagomba

Medical innovations - Economic aspects - Ghana - Dagomba

Medical innovations - Social aspects - Ghana - Dagomba

Electronic books.

Dagomba (Ghana) Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Problem of Money; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; Chapter 1. 'NEW' AND ENDURING SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC FORMATIONS; Chapter 2. POWERS OF THE PERSON; Chapter 3. BASIC CONCEPTS OF HEALTH AND ILLNESS; Chapter 4. MEDICINES, MODERNITY AND COMMODITIZATION; Chapter 5. THE HERBALIST, MEDICAL PLURALISM AND THE CULTURAL PATTERNING OF ILLNESS; Chapter 6. HEALTH, WEALTH AND MAGIC; Chapter 7. A WOMAN'S LOT: THE PRACTICAL REALITIES OF CARE; Chapter 8. THE PROBLEM OF MONEY: MONEY AND MEDICINE; CONCLUSION; APPENDIX; REFERENCES; GLOSSARY; INDEX