Reconsidering the Allure of the Culturally Distant in Therapy Seeking: A Case Study from Coastal Tanzania

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  2008

• Venue

  Medical Anthropology

• Publication date

  2008-04-29

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1080/01459740802017314PMID 18464126
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