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Is there a divide between local medicinal knowledge and Western medicine? a case study among native Amazonians in Bolivia
BACKGROUND: Interest in ethnomedicine has grown in the last decades, with much research focusing on how local medicinal knowledge can contribute to Western medicine. Researchers have emphasized the divide between practices used by local medical practitioners and Western doctors. However, researchers...
Autores principales: | Calvet-Mir, Laura, Reyes-García, Victoria, Tanner, Susan |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2008
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2535591/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18710524 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-4269-4-18 |
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