Tribal health : social-cultural dimensions

Tribal development received great deal attention since Independence resulting spurt studies tribal communities. Unfortunately, specific on the tribals dealing health, disease treatment practically absent.

This edited volume Buddhadeb Chaudhuri, which perhaps first of its kind in India dealing tribal health based on papers presented seminar organised a part the 2nd International Congress Tradi Asian Medicine in Indonesia and post Congress Seminar 1985. contains twenty-nine contributors from well-known doctors, anthropologists. socio logists, geographers, botanists, zoologists social workers all parts of India covering good cross-section different of traditional of treatment practised different communities The study focuses the realities of health problem establishes success of any health programme would depend upon the modification behaviour careful consideration socio-cultural dimensions health. The based on empirical covering from all parts of India reflect on the traditional of disease and nature of treatment, socio-cultural dimensions health, inter-action traditional modern practices, constraints acceptauce modern practices. interesting on modern of traditional medicine, particularly concludes books.

This unique volume would be great impor both for the discipline anthropology/ sociology understand medical sciences for policy and planning implications to adminis engaged tribal welfare. trators and planners engaged in tribal welfare.