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Losing fat, gaining treatments: the use of biomedicine as a cure for folk illnesses in the Andes
Blaisdell, Amy Lee; Ødegaard, Cecilie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-07-03)Background: This article explores how people in the Andes incorporate beliefs from both biomedical and ethnomedical systems in treating folk illnesses that often involve spiritual beings. The article focuses on the ...