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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Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
Γλώσσα: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
2019.
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Έκδοση: | 1st ed. 2019. |
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Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- 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.