Book
Pills against poverty: a study of the introduction of western medicine in a Tamil village
Studentlitt • (23) • Published In 1975 • Pages: 232
By: Djurfeldt, Göran, Lindberg, Staffan.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document is a critical case-study of health and health policies in Thaiyur, a Tamil village. Although the data are discussed within an explicitly Marxist framework, the authors have compiled a highly detailed and comprehensive report. After presenting a brief culture summary of Thaiyur and the morbidity statistics that they collected for the village, they proceed to relate the incidence and cause of disease to the 'poverty panorama' - a configuration of socio-economic factors which they claim lie at the root of the health problems in the village. They then define two discrete systems of medical technology operating within the village, one 'indigenous' and the other 'allopathic' (or modern Western), and examine the functions and operations of each. The national family planning program is also considered, with respect to its goals, its efficacy in Thaiyur, and its (generally negative) perception by the villagers.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Hospitals and clinics
- External relations
- Theory of disease
- Medical therapy
- General character of religion
- Magical and mental therapy
- Population policy
- Conception
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tamil
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- South Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Social Scientist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- David Sherwood
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1969-1972
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1969-1972
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Chingleput District, Thaiyur Panchayat, Tamil Nadu, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Goran Djurfeldt and Staffan Lindberg
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-232)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 76677160
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tamil (Indic people)