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VOL. 2, ISSUE 8 (2016)
Health care system among tribal peoples in urban settings: An ethnographic study in North 24 Parganas, West Bengal
Authors
Dr. Abhijit Das, Priyanka Patra, Jaydeep Mondal
Abstract

Medical anthropology is a field that includes both biomedical and socio-cultural concerns to anthropologists. Its growing field considers the socio-cultural context and implications of diseases and illness in a cross-cultural dimension. In the present study, different ethnic group and cultures recognize different illness, symptoms and have developed different health care systems and treatment strategies. The health care system of tribal communities itself in general an individual is closely link to the way he/she perceives various health problems, its meaning, and treatment with relevant institutions. The holistic concept as well as approach, as the present researchers attempted provides a valuable framework for analyzing the overall health care system under the purview of tradition and modernity.

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Pages:10-16
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Dr. Abhijit Das, Priyanka Patra, Jaydeep Mondal "Health care system among tribal peoples in urban settings: An ethnographic study in North 24 Parganas, West Bengal". International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Research, Vol 2, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 10-16
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