Author: Snow, Loudell F.
African American Life (Paperback); Paperback
328 pages
Published: February 1998
Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 0814327575

Representing more than twenty years of anthropological research, Walkin' over Medicine, originally published by Westview Press in 1993, presents the results of Loudell F. Snow's community-based studies in Arizona and Michigan, work in two urban prenatal clinics, conversations and correspondence with traditional healers, and experience as a behavioral scientist in a pediatrics clinic. Snow also visited numerous pharmacies, grocery stores, and specialty shops in several major cities, accompanied families to church services, and attended weddings, baptisms, graduations, and funerals.Representing over 20 years research, this text presents the results of community-based anthropological studies in Arizona and Michigan in addition to work in urban prenatal clinics, contact with traditional healers, and experience as a behavioural scientist in paediatrics clinics.