1st Edition
Dreams Coming True An Indigenous Health Programme in the Peruvian Amazon
Edited By Soren Hvalkof
Copyright 2005
by
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
This is an unusual book about an unusual project in the Peruvian Amazon. It focuses on the extraordinary achievement the indigenous movement in the Upper Amazon has accomplished in establishing its own alternative health service. The work exposes a kaleidoscopic view of this fascinating process and presents the voices of the indigenous shamans, herbalists, midwives, and healers. It also gives an... Read more
Preface, 1 Introduction, Project Summary 2 The Context 3 The Project History, Voices I: the Nurses 4 Emergencies 5 Concepts and Projects Voices II: Indigenous Specialists 6 Medical Perspectives Voices III: Leaders, Promotors and Patients 7 Prospects, Epilogue, Maps.
Biography
Soren Hvalkof
