Anyinam C
Department of Geography, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Soc Sci Med. 1987;25(7):803-11. doi: 10.1016/0277-9536(87)90038-4.
Many years of ethno-medical research in Africa have increased our knowledge of different aspects of indigenous medical systems. Like any other cultural system, indigenous medical systems have been undergoing changes over the years as African countries continue to experience tremendous alterations in their ecological systems, socio-economic activities, political and cultural life. These changes have had some impact on the practice of indigenous medicine in many parts of Africa. Compared with bio-medical services, ethno-medicine is usually characterized as more available, accessible, acceptable, and adaptable. This paper seeks to draw attention to the need to re-examine these attributes as applied to ethno-medical practices in contemporary Africa in view of the present rate of social change in most African countries.
多年来在非洲开展的民族医学研究增进了我们对本土医疗体系不同方面的了解。与任何其他文化体系一样，随着非洲国家在生态系统、社会经济活动、政治和文化生活方面持续经历巨大变革，本土医疗体系多年来也一直在发生变化。这些变化对非洲许多地区的本土医学实践产生了一定影响。与生物医学服务相比，民族医学通常具有更易获取、更易获得、更易接受和更具适应性的特点。鉴于大多数非洲国家当前的社会变革速度，本文旨在提请注意有必要重新审视这些适用于当代非洲民族医学实践的特性。
