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The indigenization of pharmaceuticals: Therapeutic transitions in rural Hausaland

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  • Etkin, Nina L.
  • Ross, Paul J.
  • Muazzamu, Ibrahim

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A West African case study illustrates how indigenous understandings of disease and therapeutics may influence the utilization of biomedicines. This focus suggests a more comprehensive approach for the evaluation and design of health care delivery systems in developing world contexts.

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  • Etkin, Nina L. & Ross, Paul J. & Muazzamu, Ibrahim, 1990. "The indigenization of pharmaceuticals: Therapeutic transitions in rural Hausaland," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 30(8), pages 919-928, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:30:y:1990:i:8:p:919-928
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    1. Giovannini, Peter & Reyes-GarcĂ­a, Victoria & Waldstein, Anna & Heinrich, Michael, 2011. "Do pharmaceuticals displace local knowledge and use of medicinal plants? Estimates from a cross-sectional study in a rural indigenous community, Mexico," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 72(6), pages 928-936, March.
    2. Renne, Elisha, 2006. "Perspectives on polio and immunization in Northern Nigeria," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 63(7), pages 1857-1869, October.
    3. Schumaker, Lynette Louise & Bond, Virginia A., 2008. "Antiretroviral therapy in Zambia: Colours, 'spoiling', 'talk' and the meaning of antiretrovirals," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 67(12), pages 2126-2134, December.
    4. Ramdas, Sahienshadebie, 2012. "Cruel disease, cruel medicine: Self-treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis with harmful chemical substances in Suriname," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 75(6), pages 1097-1105.

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