Book
Curing and healing : medical anthropology in global perspective
Record details
- ISBN: 9781594605925 (alk. paper)
- ISBN: 1594605920 (alk. paper)
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Physical Description:
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xi, 268 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Edition: 2nd ed.
- Publisher: Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, c2010.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 1. Introduction -- 2. Regimens of Treatment: Humoral Systems (1) -- 3. Humoral Systems (2): The Melpa of Papua New Guinea -- 4. Curers and Healers: The Melpa -- 5. Duna Ritual Practices and Healing -- 6. Medical Pluralism -- 7. Illness and the Emotions -- 8. Ethnopsychiatry -- 9. Spiritual Healing: Charismatic Catholics -- 10. Airs, Waters, Places -- 11. Fertility -- 12. Doctors and Patients: Communication -- 13. Critical Medical Anthropology -- 14. Conclusions: Curing and Healing. |
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| Subject: | Medical anthropology Rites and ceremonies Healing Traditional medicine |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Camosun College Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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| Lansdowne Library | GN 296 S79 2010 (Text) | 26040002962567 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
