Medical Systems in Ghana: A Study in Medical Sociology |
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE TRADITIONAL SOCIAL SYSTEMS | 14 |
TRADITIONAL MEDICINE | 25 |
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A. R. Radcliffe-Brown Accra Acquah ancestors Asante Asantehene Ashanti aspects auxiliary behaviour beliefs Busia Chapter concept cultural curative discussion disease doctors economic effect elder Emile Durkheim expected extended family factors formal education functions Ghanaian Gold Coast Golden Stool health centres health education health posts health programmes health services Ibid individual kinship living London magico-religious male medical assistant medical education medical systems Meyer Fortes migration Ministry of Health mogya needs ntoro nurses patient personnel physicians Population Council present problems psychiatric relatives role rural areas rural-urban migration scientific medical facilities scientific medical institutions scientific medical practice scientific medical practitioner scientific medical services scientific medicine Sekondi-Takoradi shrine sick person situation social changes specialists specific spirit supernatural tion towns traditional and scientific traditional medical practice traditional medical practitioner traditional medical theory traditional society treatment University of Ghana urban areas urban centres village York