From the Bush: The Front Line of Health Care in a Caribbean Village (Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology)
November 6, 2010 by Caribbean Vacation and Island Tips
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- ISBN13: 9780155085671
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This case study will be the first to deal with a topic in medical anthropology. It explores the world of folk medicine in the Caribbean (Dominica) – local beliefs and practices concerning how the body functions and malfunctions and the home remedie
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Review by Seth Rosenberg for From the Bush: The Front Line of Health Care in a Caribbean Village (Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology)
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I recently used Dr. Quinlan’s book for a 100 level “global diversity” requirement for non-anthropology majors. Not only did the students respond well to the book, but also seemed to enjoy the reading better than classics by Chagnon and Lee. Her research focuses on home remedies and cultural notions of the body in a rural Caribbean village. Dr. Quinlan provides an excellent example of both qualitative and quantitative research at various levels of inquiry. Her writing style is professional, personal, and concise. I found the book particularly useful when discussing topics such as language and communication, gender, subsistence, and, of course, ethnomedicine. The book is also handy as a case-study in globalization. Dr. Quinlan’s book illustrates and emphasizes the need to understand the balance and relationship between home remedies, folk medicine, and western bio-medical health care in an ever-shrinking world.