This Other Kind of Doctors: Traditional Medical Systems in Black Neighborhoods in Austin, Texas |
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| Title | This Other Kind of Doctors: Traditional Medical Systems in Black Neighborhoods in Austin, Texas Issue 50 of Immigrant communities & ethnic minorities in the United States & Canada, ISSN 0749-5951 |
| Author | Suzanne J. Terrell |
| Publisher | AMS Press, 1990 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Oct 7, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0404194605, 9780404194604 |
| Length | 116 pages |
| Subjects | › › › Social Science / Customs & Traditions Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies |
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