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Kleinman, a psychiatrist, trained in anthropology, reports on his studies of health care in Taiwan. He describes his observations of clinical interviews between various medical practitioner, folk-healers, temple medicine men, and Chinese-style and Western-style physicians and their patients. He stress the importance of adopting the proper cultural perspective, making ones interpretations within that framework.

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Patients and Healers in the Context of Culture
  • Author : Arthur Kleinman
  • Release : 17 September 1980
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • ISBN : 9780520045118
  • Genre : Medical
  • Total Page : 446 pages
  • Language : English
  • PDF File Size : 10,5 Mb

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