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020 _a9780511613128 (ebook)
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050 0 0 _aRA418.3.H35
_bB76 1996
082 0 0 _a306.4/61/097294
_220
100 1 _aBrodwin, Paul,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aMedicine and morality in Haiti :
_bthe contest for healing power /
_cPaul Brodwin.
246 3 _aMedicine & Morality in Haiti
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c1996.
300 _a1 online resource (xvi, 240 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aCambridge studies in medical anthropology ;
_v3
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520 _aMorality and medicine are inextricably intertwined in rural Haiti, and both are shaped by the different local religious traditions, Christian and Vodoun, as well as by biomedical and folk medical practices. When people fall ill, they seek treatment not only from Western doctors but also from herbalists, religious healers and midwives. Dr Brodwin examines the situational logic, the pragmatic decisions, that guide people in making choices when they are faced with illness. He also explains the moral issues that arise in a society where suffering is associated with guilt, but where different, sometimes conflicting, ethical systems coexist. Moreover, he shows how in the crisis of illness people rework religious identities and are forced to address fundamental social and political problems.
650 0 _aSocial medicine
_zHaiti.
650 0 _aMedicine
_zHaiti
_xReligious aspects.
650 0 _aMedical ethics
_zHaiti.
650 0 _aMedical anthropology
_zHaiti.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521570299
830 0 _aCambridge studies in medical anthropology ;
_v3.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511613128
999 _c517060
_d517058