A Continuing Trial of Treatment - Medical Pluralism in Papua New Guinea

Sommario

1. Patterns of Continuity and Change.- 2. Infection, Innovation and Residence: Illness and Misfortune in the Torricelli Foothills from 1800.- 3. Western Medicine and the Continuity of Belief: the Maisin of Collingwood Bay, Oro Province.- 4. Doktas and Shamans among the Sambia of Papua New Guinea.- 5. Illness and Ideology: Aspects of Health Care on Goodenough Island.- 6. Health Care and Medical Pluralism: Cases from Mount Hagen.- 7. The Place of Western Medicine in Ponam Theories of Health and Illness.- 8. The Amele and Dr Braun: a History of Early Experience with Western Medicine in Papua New Guinea.- 9. Medical Pluralism among the Yangoru Boiken.- 10. The Doctor and the Curer: Medical Theory and Practice in Kove.- 11. Gender in the Diet and Health of the Wopkaimin.- 12. Complementarity in Medical Treatment in a West New Britain Society.- 13. Modernity and Medicine among the Maring.- List of Contributors.- References.- Index of Subjects.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Stephe Frankel (Editore), Stephen Frankel (Editore), Lewis (Editore), Lewis (Editore), Gilbert Lewis (Editore)
• Editore: Springer Netherlands
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 29.06.2009
• EAN: 9781556080760
• ISBN: 978-1-55608-076-0
• Pagine: 336
• Dimensioni: 156 mm x 234 mm x 20 mm
• Peso: 658 g
• Illustrazioni: VI, 336 p.
• Serie: Culture, Illness and Healing; Culture, Illness and Healing
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche