Patients, Doctors and Healers Medical Worlds among the Mapuche in Southern Chile /

Recognizing the interplay between biomedicine and indigenous medicine among the Mapuche in Southern Chile, this book explores notions of culture and personhood through the bodily experiences and medical choices of patients. Through case studies of patients in the context of medical pluralism, Kriste...

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Yazar: Kristensen, Dorthe Brogård (Yazar)
Müşterek Yazar: SpringerLink (Online service)
Materyal Türü: e-Kitap
Dil:İngilizce
Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Cham : Springer International Publishing : 2019.
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
Edisyon:1st ed. 2019.
Konular:
Medical anthropology.
Ethnology.
Political sociology.
Alternative medicine.
Spirituality.
Phenomenology .
Medical Anthropology.
Sociocultural Anthropology.
Political Sociology.
Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
Phenomenology.
Online Erişim:Full-text access
İçindekiler:
  • 1. Illness Stories, Medical Choices and Socio-Political Process
  • 2. The History, Culture and Politics of Chile
  • 3. Complex Illnesses and Complementary Cures
  • 4. Indigenous Disease Categories, Medical Dialogues and Social Positions
  • 5. Being Mapuche in Modern Chile: Illness Experiences, Medical Choices and Social Positions
  • 6. Uncanny Memories, Violence and Indigenous Medicine
  • 7. The Shaman, the Virgin and the Taxation Authorities
  • 8. Conclusion: The Control of Medicine, the Control of Bodies.

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