12:47 Sep 19, 2004 |
English language (monolingual) [PRO] Social Sciences - Anthropology | |||||||
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5 +1 | belonging to the category of folk medicine |
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3 | belonging to the field primitive medicine |
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belonging to the field primitive medicine Explanation: The term "ethno(-)medicine" is used to describe what is also often referred to "primitive medicine", i.e. used by witch-doctors, tribes medicine-men, primitive communities. It has been reported to be highly effective in certain cases (where the belief of the patient probably plays the largest role). :-) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 20 mins (2004-09-19 13:07:11 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Sorry, my answer should\'ve been \"...field of...\". ;-) |
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belonging to the category of folk medicine Explanation: Please do not use primitive medicine here! That is an ethnocentric judgement if I ever heard one. Folk medicine may be simple, but it can also be highly complex, and it is often extremely effective. Why else are prospectors from pharmaceutical companies scouring the Amazon at the moment? My opinions aside, ethno- simply means folk, so folk medicine is the correct translation. |
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