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Negotiating Mistrust: Patients and Healers Across Traditional, Islamic, and Biomedical Health Sectors of Niger

Contributor(s): Youngstedt, Scott (Author), Gottlieb, Alma (Editor)

ISBN: 9781512828825

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

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Pub Date: February 24, 2026

LCCN: 2025034124

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Index

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.55" H x 9.00" L x 6.00" W ( 0.72 lbs) 240 pages

Series: Contemporary Ethnography

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Description: "This book examines a wide diversity of patients and healers--and interactions between them--in Niamey, Niger through the analytical prism of mistrust. Author Scott M. Youngstedt offers a holistic study of the medical landscape in Niamey by focusing on the intersections between three medical sectors: traditional, Islamic, and biomedical"--Publisher's description.

Review Quotes: "In the domain of public health, trust is everything. Scott M. Youngstedt makes this point in lucid, compelling prose."-- "Barbara Cooper, Rutgers University"

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