Description
Representing more than twenty years of anthropological research, Walkin' over Medicine, originally published by Westview Press in 1993, presents the results of Loudell F. Snow's community-based studies in Arizona and Michigan, work in two urban prenatal clinics, conversations and correspondence with traditional healers, and experience as a behavioral scientist in a pediatrics clinic. Snow also visited numerous pharmacies, grocery stores, and specialty shops in several major cities, accompanied families to church services, and attended weddings, baptisms, graduations, and funerals.
Author: Loudell F. Snow
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Published: 02/01/1998
Pages: 328
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.03h x 6.00w x 0.72d
ISBN13: 9780814327579
ISBN10: 0814327575
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | African American & Black Studies
- Medical | Health Care Delivery
- Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural & Social
About the Author
Loudell F. Snow is emerita professor of anthropology at Michigan State University.