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Failure of Treatment
Offers a study of a serious illness in a New Guinea village. This book records the failure of local treatments and Western medicine, and of a communal ritual to bring a spirit to heal a man; it also shows how cultural beliefs and assumptions may influence events. It focuses on how those closely involved maintained their hope and beliefs.
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Offers a study of a serious illness in a New Guinea village. This book records the failure of local treatments and Western medicine, and of a communal ritual to bring a spirit to heal a man; it also shows how cultural beliefs and assumptions may influence events. It focuses on how those closely involved maintained their hope and beliefs.
| ISBN / EAN | 9780198234098 |
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| Auteur | Lewis, Gilbert (Lecturer in Social Anthropology, Lecturer in Social Anthropology, Cambridge University) |
| Editeur | Oxford University Press |