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VOLUME 20

VOLUME 20 VOLUME 20 369 Journal of Asian and African Studies Vol. 20 (1985) pp. 1-12 MEDICAL EDUCATION IN SAUDI ARABIA: A SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON MODERNIZATION AND LANGUAGE EUGENE B. GALLAGHER University of Kentucky, Kentucky, U.S.A. University curricula in Saudi Arabia can be approximately dichotomized into subjects taught in English-the natural sciences; and those taught in Arabic-the cultural areas. Medical education is conducted in English. Many medical students are poorly prepared in English; in consequence, there is high stress in the classroom and examination hall. Saudi educators are hesitant about reliance upon a foreign language in the curriculum. The psychocultural meanings of the English/Arabic dichotomy within the social structure of the medical education are explored as a device leading toward a general understanding of the process of modernization. Journal of Asian and African Studies Vol. 20 (1985) pp. 13-30 THE BELIEF IN REINCARNATION AMONG THE IGBO OF NIGERIA IAN STEVENSON Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Virginia, U.S.A. The modern Igbo of Nigeria, even when adhering to the Christian religion, have preserved many features of Igbo traditional religion. The belief in reincarnation seems to be particularly strong. The Igbo believe that reincarnation usually occurs http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Asian and African Studies (in 2002 continued as African and Asian Studies) Brill

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© 2000 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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VOLUME 20 369 Journal of Asian and African Studies Vol. 20 (1985) pp. 1-12 MEDICAL EDUCATION IN SAUDI ARABIA: A SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON MODERNIZATION AND LANGUAGE EUGENE B. GALLAGHER University of Kentucky, Kentucky, U.S.A. University curricula in Saudi Arabia can be approximately dichotomized into subjects taught in English-the natural sciences; and those taught in Arabic-the cultural areas. Medical education is conducted in English. Many medical students are poorly prepared in English; in consequence, there is high stress in the classroom and examination hall. Saudi educators are hesitant about reliance upon a foreign language in the curriculum. The psychocultural meanings of the English/Arabic dichotomy within the social structure of the medical education are explored as a device leading toward a general understanding of the process of modernization. Journal of Asian and African Studies Vol. 20 (1985) pp. 13-30 THE BELIEF IN REINCARNATION AMONG THE IGBO OF NIGERIA IAN STEVENSON Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Virginia, U.S.A. The modern Igbo of Nigeria, even when adhering to the Christian religion, have preserved many features of Igbo traditional religion. The belief in reincarnation seems to be particularly strong. The Igbo believe that reincarnation usually occurs

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