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UNINA9910821366703321 |
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Autore |
Taee Jonathan |
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Titolo |
The patient multiple : an ethnography of healthcare and decision-making in Bhutan / / Jonathan Taee |
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New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn Books, , 2017 |
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©2017 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (220 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Collana |
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Wyse Series in Social Anthropology ; ; Volume 4 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Medical anthropology - Bhutan |
Traditional medicine - Bhutan |
Traditional medicine - Technological innovation - Bhutan |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The patient multiple : cures, healths and bodies -- Modernizing traditional medicine : a two-option healthcare service -- An ethnography of decision-making -- Alternative practices and the removal of Ja Né -- Patients and healing materials : relations and dependency -- Conclusion : assembling patient multiples and complementary logics of care. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"In the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan, medical patients engage a variety of healing practices to seek cures for their ailments. Patients use the expanding biomedical network and a growing number of traditional healthcare units, while also seeking alternative practices, such as shamanism and other religious healing, or even more provocative practices. The Patient Multiple delves into this healthcare complexity in the context of patients' daily lives and decision-making processes, showing how these unique mountain cultures are finding new paths to good health among a changing and multifaceted medical topography." |
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