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ethnomedicine
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ethnomedicine /eth·no·med·i·cine/ (eth″no-med´ĭ-sin) medical systems based on the cultural beliefs and practices of specific ethnic groups.ethnomed´ical
ethnomedicine (ethˈ·nō·meˑ·di·sin),
n the comparative study of native or indigenous systems of medicine. The topics of this study generally include etiology of disease, practitioners and their role in health care, and types of treatment administered.


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In New York City, neurotoxic levels of mercury vapor from magicoreligious and ethnomedical uses of mercury have been reported (Wen&off AP, personal communication).
International health care planning from an ethnomedical perspective: Critique and recommendations for change.
Rather, the eugenics discourse can be traced back as early as late imperial China, in the elite medical theories and lay ethnomedical beliefs.
 
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