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Medicine, Rationality and Experience An Anthropological Perspective

Paperback • 1994 • English

Medicine, Rationality and Experience An Anthropological Perspective

By Byron J. Good

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About the book

Biomedicine is often thought to provide a scientific account of the human body and of illness. In this view, non-Western and folk medical systems are regarded as systems of 'belief' and subtly discounted. This is an impoverished perspective for understanding illness and healing across cultures, one that neglects many facets of Western medical practice and obscures its kinship with healing in other traditions. Drawing on his research in several American and Middle Eastern medical settings, in thi...Show more

Anthropology
Medical profession
Medical sociology

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9780521425766

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published year

1994

Language

English

Original title

Medicine, Rationality and Experience An Anthropological Perspective

Format

Paperback

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