Published in this series:

Anja Krumeich
THE BLESSINGS OF MOTHERHOOD
Health, pregnancy and child care in Dominica

Sjaak van der Geest, Paul ten Have,
Gerhard Nijhof & Piet Verbeek-Heida (redactie)
DE MACHT DER DINGEN
Medische technologie in cultureel perspectief

Cor Hoffer
ISLAMITISCHE GENEZERS EN HUN PATIËNTEN
Gezondheidszorg, religie en zingeving

Ria Reis
SPOREN VAN ZIEKTE
Medische pluraliteit en epilepsie in Swaziland

Peter Ventevogel
WHITEMAN’S THINGS
Training and detraining healers in Ghana

Anne V. Reeler
MONEY AND FRIENDS
Modes of empowerment in Thai health care

Joke Haafkens
RITUALS OF SILENCE
Long-term tranquilizer use by women in the Netherlands. A social case study

Michael Tan
GOOD MEDICINE
Pharmaceuticals and the construction of power and knowledge in the Philippines

Sylvie Fainzang
OF MALADY AND MISERY
An Africanist perspective on European illness