03375nam 2200781 450 991082136670332120170527084255.010.1515/9781785333958(CKB)3710000001386811(MiAaPQ)EBC4873553(DE-B1597)636503(DE-B1597)9781785333958(EXLCZ)99371000000138681120170713h20172017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe patient multiple an ethnography of healthcare and decision-making in Bhutan /Jonathan TaeeNew York ;Oxford, [England] :Berghahn Books,2017.©20171 online resource (220 pages) illustrations, mapsWyse Series in Social Anthropology ;Volume 41-78533-394-1 1-78533-395-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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."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."Wyse series in social anthropology ;Volume 4.Medical anthropologyBhutanTraditional medicineBhutanTraditional medicineTechnological innovationBhutanailments.alternative practices.anthropology.bhutan.biomedical network.daily lives.decision making process.good health.healing practices.healthcare complexity.himalayan kingdom.medical patients.medical topography.patients.physical anthropology.provocative practices.religious healing.seeking cures.shamanism.sociological study of medicine.traditional healthcare units.unique mountain cultures.Medical anthropologyTraditional medicineTraditional medicineTechnological innovation306.4/61095498LC 56390rvkTaee Jonathan1639789MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821366703321The patient multiple3982987UNINA