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Title: | Notes on the concept of disease and illness: the case of the Yoruba, Nigeria |
Author: | Erinosho, Olayiwola A. |
Year: | 1976 |
Periodical: | The Nigerian Journal of Economic and Social Studies |
Volume: | 18 |
Issue: | 3 |
Pages: | 471-475 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Nigeria |
Subjects: | Yoruba medical sciences traditional medicine |
Abstract: | The traditional Yoruba concept of disease and an aspect of their illness behavior provide insight into some of the factors which impede the effectiveness of modern professional care agents or the therapeutics health delivery-system. Subsequent the discussion also highlights the current debate among experts on the interplay between the traditional and the modern health system of care, including the significance of interdisciplinary orientation for research in the fields of health. Notes. |