Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2003
Anbieter: Antiquariat Thomas Haker GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin, Deutschland
Verbandsmitglied: GIAQ
208 S. Like new. Shrink wrapped. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 595 Hardcover (without dust jacket).
Verlag: Het Spinhuis, 1991
ISBN 10: 9073052181 ISBN 13: 9789073052185
Anbieter: Antiquariaat Looijestijn, Rotterdam, Niederlande
1991, paperback, 393 pp, lichte sporen van gebruik.
Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2009
ISBN 10: 0521804698 ISBN 13: 9780521804691
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New. Medicines are more than chemical substances with medical effects. They have social lives because they move between people they carry meaning and offer possibilities for communication and control. This book uses examples from five continents to examine cent.
Verlag: Dordrecht [etc.] : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1988
ISBN 10: 155608059X ISBN 13: 9781556080593
Anbieter: Wissenschaftliches Antiquariat Köln Dr. Sebastian Peters UG, Köln, Deutschland
Zustand: gut. XIII, 393 S., Abb., 24 cm, Bibliotheksexemplar, Einband fleckig. Sprache: Englisch.
Verlag: Springer Netherlands, 2013
ISBN 10: 9401077223 ISBN 13: 9789401077224
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Western pharmaceuticals are flooding the Third World. Injections, capsules and tablets are available in city markets and village shops, from 'traditional' practitioners and street vendors, as well as from more orthodox sources like hospitals. Although many are aware of this 'pharmaceutical invasion', little has been written about how local people perceive and use these products. This book is a first attempt to remedy that situation. It presents studies of the ways Western medicines are circulated and understood in the cities and rural areas of Africa, Asia and Latin America. We feel that such a collection is long overdue for two reasons. The first is a practical one: people dealing with health problems in developing countries need information about local situations and they need examples of methods they can use to examine the particular contexts in which they are working. We hope that this book will be useful for pharmacists, doctors, nurses, health planners, policy makers and concerned citizens, who are interested in the realities of drug use. Why do people want various kinds of medicine How do they evaluate and choose them and how do they obtain them The second reason for these studies of medicines is to fill a need in medical anthropology as a field of study. Here we address our colleagues in anthropol ogy, medical sociology and related disciplines.
Verlag: Springer Netherlands, 1988
ISBN 10: 155608059X ISBN 13: 9781556080593
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Western pharmaceuticals are flooding the Third World. Injections, capsules and tablets are available in city markets and village shops, from 'traditional' practitioners and street vendors, as well as from more orthodox sources like hospitals. Although many are aware of this 'pharmaceutical invasion', little has been written about how local people perceive and use these products. This book is a first attempt to remedy that situation. It presents studies of the ways Western medicines are circulated and understood in the cities and rural areas of Africa, Asia and Latin America. We feel that such a collection is long overdue for two reasons. The first is a practical one: people dealing with health problems in developing countries need information about local situations and they need examples of methods they can use to examine the particular contexts in which they are working. We hope that this book will be useful for pharmacists, doctors, nurses, health planners, policy makers and concerned citizens, who are interested in the realities of drug use. Why do people want various kinds of medicine How do they evaluate and choose them and how do they obtain them The second reason for these studies of medicines is to fill a need in medical anthropology as a field of study. Here we address our colleagues in anthropol ogy, medical sociology and related disciplines.