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Mudpacks and prozac : experiencing Ayurvedic, biomedical, and religious healing /
Mud Packs and Prozac is a fascinating comparative analysis of how patients choose and how they experience the therapies of Western biomedical, Ayurvedic, and religious healing systems. Foregrounding questions of embodiment and aesthetics, Murphy Halliburton challenges our understandings of mental il...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Walnut Creek, CA :
Left Coast Press,
2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Mud Packs and Prozac is a fascinating comparative analysis of how patients choose and how they experience the therapies of Western biomedical, Ayurvedic, and religious healing systems. Foregrounding questions of embodiment and aesthetics, Murphy Halliburton challenges our understandings of mental illness and of the transformative processes typically evaluated as "cure." |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (231 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781598747294 1598747290 1598743988 9781598743982 9781315424293 1315424290 |