Patients and Healers in the Context of Culture: An Exploration of the Borderland Between Anthropology, Medicine, and Psychiatry
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| Rating | : | 4.95 (738 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0520045114 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 427 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-07 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
From the Inside Flap"Kleinman, a psychiatrist, trained in anthropology, reports on his studies of health care in Taiwan. Throughout this fascinating and thought-provoking account, the author stresses the importance of adopting the proper cultural perspective, making one's interpretations within that framework, and relying on direct observation. He describes his observations of clinical interviews between various medical practitioners-folk-healers, temple medicine men, and Chinese-style and Western-style physicians-and their patients. Kleinman is adept at setting the cultural
"Patients and healers in the context of culture" according to TONY WAIRAGU. Describes observations of clinical interviews between various medical practitioners, namely folk healers, temple medicine men, and Chinese style and Western style physicians, and their patients. Stresses the importance of adopting proper cultural pers. Five Stars Julie important and foundational work in medical anthropology.. Cultural Medicine Bought this book d/t reference in THE SPIRIT CATCHES YOU AND YOU FALL DOWN.Does not disappoint. Highly recommend this book and any book by this author.
I have worked in library, field, and clinic on problems concerning medicine and psychiatry in Chinese culture. The purpose of this book is to advance both poles of that dialectic: to demonstrate the critical role of social science (especially anthropology and cross-cultural studies) in clinical medicine and psychiatry and to encourage study of clinical problems by anthropologists and other investigators involved in cross-cultural research.. That framework is principally illustrated by materials gathered in field research in Taiwan and, to a lesser extent, from materials gathered in similar research in Boston. From the Preface, by Arthur Kleinman:Patients and Healers in the Context of Culture presents a theoretical framework for studying the relationship between medicine, psychiatry, and culture. The theoretical framework elaborated in this book has been applied to all of those areas; in turn, they are used to illustrate the theory. I teach cross-cultural psychiatry and medi