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The patient multiple : an ethnography of healthcare and decision-making in Bhutan /

"In the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan, medical patients engage a variety of healing practices to seek cures for their ailments. Patients use the expanding biomedical network and a growing number of traditional healthcare units, while also seeking alternative practices, such as shamanism and other...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Taee, Jonathan (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2017.
Series:Wyse series in social anthropology ; v. 4.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The patient multiple : cures, healths and bodies
  • Modernizing traditional medicine : a two-option healthcare service
  • An ethnography of decision-making
  • Alternative practices and the removal of Ja Né
  • Patients and healing materials : relations and dependency
  • Conclusion : assembling patient multiples and complementary logics of care.