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The Quest for Therapy: Medical Pluralism in Lower Zaire (Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care) (1st Edition) by John M. Janzen, William [Contributor] Arkinstall, Charles Leslie (Foreword) Paperback, 266 Pages, Published 1982 ISBN-10: 0-520-04633-1 / 0520046331 ISBN-13: 978-0-520-04633-7 / 9780520046337 In this book, Dr. John M. Janzen describes patterns of healing among the BaKongo of Lower Zaire in Africa, who, like many people elsewhere, utilize cosmopolitan medicine alongside traditional healing practices. What criteria, he asks, determine the choice of the alternative therapies? And what is th |