The use and abuse of medicine
Robert L. Berg, Mack Lipkin · 1982
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The contributors to this book seek to examine, through several interdisciplinary lenses, the issue of the proper place of medicine. First, a theoretical approach is undertaken by anthropologists, medical theorists, and a historian. Then a specific illness entity, couvade, is examined cross-culturally in considerable detail and analyzed from sociological and medical-theoretical points of view. Finally, a variety of case studies from multiple disciplines and settings, ranging from the West to the Third World enrich the data points from which to create a picture of the proper place of medicine.
Book details
- Year
- 1982
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO, LLC
- Editions
- 1
- ISBN
- 9780275913625
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