The Huli Response to Illness

by Stephen Frankel

Dr Frankel's study of the rapid transformation of traditional medical care among the Huli of New Guinea by Western treatments strikingly combines the methods of social anthropology and epidemiology. Until the 1950s the Huli used only their own form of therapy, including symptomatic treatments, specialist surgery and major ritual intended to enlist the support of spirits. Since then, superficially at least, there has been a rejection of many traditional...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521619661
• ISBN13: 9780521619660
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"