Anthropological research perspectives on health problems in developing countries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4591870 |
|---|---|
| Authors | George M Foster (University of California, Berkeley, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 847-854 |
| Publication date | 1984-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Science & Medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0277-9536 • E-ISSN: 1873-5347 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/0277-9536(84)90153-9 |
| PMID | 6729513 |
| OpenAlex | W1966545134 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 30 |
Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Health care · Political science · Public relations · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · Sociology of health and illness · Anthropology · Cultural Competency in Health Care · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Medicine
The neglect of culture in global health research and practice
Promoting traditional medicine in Ethiopia
Ethnography and policy
Rapid ethnographic assessment
A strategy for promoting improved pharmaceutical use
Healers, deities, saints and doctors
Anthropological studies of diarrheal illness
Cultural influences in community participation in health
Availability, accessibility, acceptability, and adaptibility
Enhancing appropriate drug use
An integrated sociocultural curriculum for community medicine in Bali, Indonesia
Politics, Practical Logic, and Primary Health Care in Rural Haiti
The Anthropology of Pharmaceuticals
Bioanthropological Research in Developing Countries
Drawing Misleading Conclusions from One-Period Data
Traditional Medical Practice in Contemporary Ghana
Medical choice in a Mexican village
Applied Anthropology and International Health
Distribution and characteristics of non-government health practitioners in a rural area of Bangladesh
The method of training traditional healers and midwives among the yoruba of Nigeria
The method of training traditional healers and midwives among the Yoruba of Nigeria
Non-medical treatments and their outcomes
Movement among healers in Sri Lanka
Traditional Indian medicine in practice in an Indian metropolitan city
Physical access and utilization of health services in rural Guatemala
Socio-economic characteristics of an Amazon urban healer's clientele
The utilization of traditional medicine— A Malaysian example
Private health care providers in rural Bangladesh
Medical pluralism and health services in India
Medical pluralism on a Guatemalan plantation
Alternative medical services in rural Tanzania
Towards a political economy of health
The role of traditional healers in mental health care in rural India
Medical anthropology and international health planning
Traditional healers and modern medicine
Thai “injection doctors”
Choosing among therapies
The Nature and Status of Medical Sociology
Cebuano Sorcery
The Hierarchy of Resort in Curative Practices
Cebuano Sorcery
The Urban Curandero1
Part one
Curanderismo
| Unique citing works | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,39 |
| Citation span | 1985 - 2022 (38) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |