@incollection{fdi:010005530,
  title = {{E}thnopharmacological aspects of complementary medicine in a small {P}olish town},
  author = {{P}enkala {G}awecka, {D}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}his paper is intended as an example of the anthropological perspective in ethnopharmacological studies. {T}he contextual research is an important constituent of the anthropological approach. {I}t reveals the meaning of drug use and cultural efficacy of medicines (as opposed to biomedical efficacy). {T}he article outlines the context of medicines in a small {P}olish town {S}lesin in {W}ielkopolska (the {G}reater {P}oland region). {I}t concerns mainly the use of drugs in the "domestic medicine" practised mostly by women within the family and the neighbourhood. {M}edical pluralism - the situation of coexistence of the orthodox medicine, elements of folk medicine and new, non-orthodox therapies (the last two may be together called "complementary medicine") - is an important component of the context of drug use in this setting, as it offers various possibilities to choose from. {T}he other factors are also pointed out : people's etiological beliefs, convictions about the nature of particular illnesses and the efficacy of medicines, some religious beliefs, economic conditions, etc. ({R}{\'e}sum{\'e} d'auteur)},
  keywords = {{ETHNOPHARMACOLOGIE} ; {ANTHROPOLOGIE} {DE} {LA} {SANTE} ; {MEDICAMENT} ; {ANTHROPOLOGIE} {CULTURELLE} ; {MEDECINE} {TRADITIONNELLE} ; {COMPORTEMENT} {SOCIAL} ; {ITINERAIRE} {THERAPEUTIQUE} ; {POLOGNE}},
  booktitle = {{M}{\'e}dicaments et aliments : approche ethnopharmacologique = {M}edicines and foods : ethnopharmacological approach},
  numero = {},
  pages = {153--156},
  address = {{P}aris ({FRA}) ; {M}etz},
  publisher = {{ORSTOM} ; {SFE}},
  series = {{C}olloques et {S}{\'e}minaires},
  year = {1996},
  ISBN = {2-7099-1320-8},
  ISSN = {0767-2896},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010005530},
}