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Cambodians and their doctors : a medical anthropology of colonial and postcolonial Cambodia /​ Jan Ovesen and Ing-Britt Trankell. a medical anthropology of colonial and postcolonial Cambodia Jan Ovesen and Ing-Britt Trankell.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Nordic Institute of Asian Studies monograph series ; no. 117.Publication details: Copenhagen, Denmark NIAS c2010.Description: xv, 301 pages 24 cm. illustrations, mapISBN:
  • 9788776940577 (hbk.
  • 9788776940584 (pbk.
Other title:
  • Medical anthropology of colonial and postcolonial Cambodia
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.109596 OVE
Contents:
Colonialism and medicine in Indochina French medicine in Cambodia The Khmer Rouge medical regime and socialist health Indigenous practitioners : healers, spirit mediums and magic monks Indigenous practitioners : healers, spirit mediums and magic monks Midwives and the medicalization of motherhood Leprosy : symbol and social suffering Contemporary healthcare resources. Midwives and the medicalization of motherhood Leprosy : symbol and social suffering Contemporary healthcare resources. Contemporary healthcare resources.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-295) and index.

Colonialism and medicine in Indochina French medicine in Cambodia The Khmer Rouge medical regime and socialist health Indigenous practitioners : healers, spirit mediums and magic monks Indigenous practitioners : healers, spirit mediums and magic monks Midwives and the medicalization of motherhood Leprosy : symbol and social suffering Contemporary healthcare resources. Midwives and the medicalization of motherhood Leprosy : symbol and social suffering Contemporary healthcare resources. Contemporary healthcare resources.

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