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A medical history of Accra that accounts for plural medical traditions and multiple notions of health and healing.



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Roberts skillfully and clearly shows how Accra's evolution allowed for a pluralistic therapeutic tradition to develop.

* Choice Magazine *

Table of Contents

List of Terms
Acknowledgments
Note on Sources
Introduction
1. The Roots of Therapeutic Pluralism in Accra, 1677 to the mid-1800s
2. The Convergence of the Five Healing Traditions in the "Healthy" Capital of the Gold Coast
3. Therapeutic Pluralism during the Cocoa Boom, 1908–1930s
4. Colonial Medical Culture at Korle Bu
5. The Creation of an African "Bloodstream"
6. The Resilience of Therapeutic Pluralism on the Eve of Ghanaian Independence
Epilouge
Bibliography
Index

Sharing the Burden of Sickness

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      Publisher Indiana University Press
      Published 9 November 2021
      ISBN-13 9780253057938
      978-0253057938
      ISBN-10 0253057930
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      Anthropology Human biology

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A medical history of Accra that accounts for plural medical traditions and multiple notions of health and healing.



      Trade Review

      Roberts skillfully and clearly shows how Accra's evolution allowed for a pluralistic therapeutic tradition to develop.

      * Choice Magazine *

      Table of Contents

      List of Terms
      Acknowledgments
      Note on Sources
      Introduction
      1. The Roots of Therapeutic Pluralism in Accra, 1677 to the mid-1800s
      2. The Convergence of the Five Healing Traditions in the "Healthy" Capital of the Gold Coast
      3. Therapeutic Pluralism during the Cocoa Boom, 1908–1930s
      4. Colonial Medical Culture at Korle Bu
      5. The Creation of an African "Bloodstream"
      6. The Resilience of Therapeutic Pluralism on the Eve of Ghanaian Independence
      Epilouge
      Bibliography
      Index

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