Description:
This book examines medical systems and institutions in three K'iche' Maya communities to reveal the conflicts between indigenous medical care and the Guatemalan biomedical system. It shows the necessity of cultural understanding if poor people are to have access to medicine that combines the best of both local tradition and international biomedicine.
Brief description: Walter Randolph Adams is an independent scholar living in Guatemala and former Research Professor at the Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies at Brown University.