Soc Sci Med. 1990 ; 30(8): 919-28.

The indigenization of pharmaceuticals: therapeutic transitions in rural Hausaland.

Etkin NL, Ross PJ, Muazzamu I.

Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455.

A West African case study illustrates how indigenous understandings of disease and therapeutics may influence the utilization of biomedicines. This focus suggests a more comprehensive approach for the evaluation and design of health care delivery systems in developing world contexts.