Quest for Therapy in Lower Zaire

Name: Quest for Therapy in Lower Zaire
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ISBN: 9780520046337

ISBN-10: 0520046331

ISBN-13: 9780520046337

Edition: 1978

Authors: John M. Janzen, Charles Leslie, William Arkinstall

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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.

Book details

List price: $33.95
Copyright year: 1978
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 6/22/1982
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 308
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Foreword



Preface



The Area Of Study



The Human Setting of Healing in Lower Zaire



A History of Medical Pluralism in Lower Zaire



Studies In Kongo Illness and Therapy An Introductory Note



Disease of God, Disease of Man



Strife in the Family As Cause of Child's Illness



A History of Madness



The Professional as Kinsman



Marriage and the Father's Blessing



The Clan as Patient



The Logic Of Therapeutic Systems An Introductory Note



The Jural Status of Therapy in Kongo Society



Interpreting Symptoms



Contemporary Systems of Popular Medicine in Lower Zaire



Toward an Integrated Medicine



Episodes of Case Studies Reported in Chapters 3-8



Herbarium of Medicinal Plants Bibliography of Works Cited


Glossary-Index