Helminithic infection and anemia in childhood: A comparative analysis of Western and traditional medicine:  Amanco jurisdiction, Napo river, Amazon.

dc.contributor.author	Quave, Cassandra
dc.date.accessioned	2009-01-05T09:44:31Z
dc.date.available	2009-01-05T09:44:31Z
dc.date.issued	1999
dc.date.submitted	1999
dc.identifier.citation	Quave, Cassandra (1999). Helminithic infection and anemia in childhood: a comparative analysis of Western and traditional medicine: Amanco jurisdiction, Napo river, Amazon. -- Lambda Alpha Journal, v.29, p.33-43.	en
dc.identifier.issn	0047-3928
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10057/1887
dc.description.abstract	The purpose of this paper is to analyze the conflicting roles of traditional and Western medical systems and the part that they have played in the case of childhood parasitosis and anemia in rural NW Amazonia. This will be achieved by first evaluating the relationship between helminthis infection, specifically that of hookworms, and the rise of irondeficient anemia in children. Secondly, an analytical description of the two primary systems of medical treatment - Western biomedicine an shamanic healing - will be made.	en
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dc.language	English (United States)	en
dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dc.publisher	Wichita State University. Dept. of Anthropology	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	LAJ	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	v.29	en
dc.subject	Helminithic infection	en
dc.subject	Childhood anemia	en
dc.subject	Traditional medicine	en
dc.subject	Western medicine	en
dc.subject	Helminithes control	en
dc.subject	Intestinal parasitosis	en
dc.title	Helminithic infection and anemia in childhood: A comparative analysis of Western and traditional medicine: Amanco jurisdiction, Napo river, Amazon.	en
dc.type	Article	en