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050 0 0 _aDU740.42
_b.F73 1986
082 0 0 _a615.8/82/09953
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100 1 _aFrankel, Stephen,
_eauthor..
245 1 4 _aThe Huli response to illness /
_cStephen Frankel.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c1986.
300 _a1 online resource (xvi, 201 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aCambridge studies in social and cultural anthropology ;
_v62
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520 _aDr Frankel's study of the rapid transformation of traditional medical care among the Huli of New Guinea by Western treatments strikingly combines the methods of social anthropology and epidemiology. Until the 1950s the Huli used only their own form of therapy, including symptomatic treatments, specialist surgery and major ritual intended to enlist the support of spirits. Since then, superficially at least, there has been a rejection of many traditional measures and a corresponding enthusiasm for Western treatments underpinned by Christianity. The Huli Response to Illness analyses the rich network of traditional belief relating to the classification and causation of illness, patterns of disease, historical experience, and the organisation of society. The methodological approach presented is notable not only for the study of medical pluralism, but also for examining the conditions which may influence responses to programmes of health improvement. The study as a whole integrates material conventionally divided between anthropological and medical texts and powerfully demonstrates the limitations of this traditional separation.
650 0 _aHuli (Papua New Guinean people)
_xMedicine.
650 0 _aHuli (Papua New Guinean people)
_xMedical care.
650 0 _aMedical anthropology
_zPapua New Guinea.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521325240
830 0 _aCambridge studies in social and cultural anthropology ;
_v62.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511521072
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_d518600