Perspectives on medical anthropology in the Andes / Ann Miles and Thomas Leatherman -- Ethnography and the person / Joan D. Koss-Chiono -- Changing times and changing symptoms / Libbet Crandon -- Contributions to a critical analysis of medical pluralism / Hans A. Baer -- Setting it straight in the Andes / Kathryn S. Oths -- Healing soul loss / Christine Greenway -- Healers as entrepreneurs / Ann Miles -- Ethnomedicine and enculturation in the Andes of Ecuador / Lauris A. McKee -- Food, health, and identity in a rural Andean community / Margaret A. Graham -- Sucking blood or snatching fat / Joseph William Bastien -- Why sobreparto? / Ann C. Larme and Thomas Leatherman -- Illness management, social alliance, and cultural identity in Quito, Ecuador / Laurie J. Price -- Anthropology and Shamanism / Bonnie Glass-Coffin
Summary
Capturing the intricacies of health practice within the fascinating context of Andean social history, cultural tradition, community and folklore, this is a remarkable and intimate chronicle of Andean culture and everyday life