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Sickness and Healing: An Anthropological Perspective

Paperback • 1996 • English

Sickness and Healing: An Anthropological Perspective

By Robert A. Hahn

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The ways in which people respond to sickness differ greatly from society to society. In this book anthropologist and epidemiologist Robert A. Hahn examines how Western and non-Western cultures influence the definition, experience, and treatment of sickness. Hahn begins by developing a definition of sickness that is based on the patient's perception of suffering and disturbance rather than on the physician's assessment of biomedical signs. After reviewing the principal theories that account for t...Show more

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9780300068719

Published year

1996

Language

English

Original title

Sickness and Healing: An Anthropological Perspective

Format

Paperback

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