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