African Indigenous Medicine - An Anthropological Perspective for Policy Makers and Primary Health Care Managers (AMREF, 1992, 50 p.)

African Indigenous Medicine - An Anthropological Perspective for Policy Makers and Primary Health Care Managers (AMREF, 1992, 50 p.)

		(introduction...)
		Acknowledgements
		Foreword
		1. Introduction to African indigenous medicine and justification for the book
		2. Indigenous concepts of illness and health - examples from Kenyan communities
		3. Indigenous health practitioners in Kenya today: Types and roles
		4. Examples of indigenous health practices: Positive aspects
		5. Examples of indigenous health practices: Negative features
		6. The interaction between indigenous and cosmopolitan forms of therapy: The lay perspective
		7. Examples of actual interaction between cosmopolitan and indigenous health workers
		8. Policy options regarding indigenous medicine: The future
		Bibliography
		Back Cover