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© Kamla-Raj 2003 Stud. Tribes Tribals, 1 (1): 77-83 (2003)
Sickness and Therapy Among Tribals of Rajasthan
Veena Bhasin
Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, Delhi 110 007, India
KeyWords Tribes; ethnographic data; biomedicine; North India
Abstract This paper examines the medical systems utitilized by the tribals of Rajasthan. Local medical traditions have continued to co-exist with biomedicine among tribals of this semi-arid-zone. An attempt has been made to focus on health, sickness and therapy form the point of view of ordinary tribals of Rajasthan, real or prospective patients and their family members as well as local practitioners.
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