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Author:   Helle Johannessen ,  Imre Lazar
Publisher:   Berghahn Books
Imprint:   Berghahn Books
Volume:   4
Weight:   0.399kg
ISBN:  

9781845450267

ISBN 10:   1845450264
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   01 December 2005
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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List of Tables List of Figures Preface by Thomas Csordas List of Contributors Chapter 1. Introduction: Body and Self in Medical Pluralism Helle Johannessen PART I: BODY, SELF AND SOCIALITY Chapter 2. Demographic Background and Health Status of Users of Alternative Medicine: A Hungarian Example László Buda, Kinga Lampek and Tamás Tahin Chapter 3. Táltos Healers, Neoshamans and Multiple Medical Realities in Postsocialist Hungary Imre Lázár Chapter 4. ‘The Double Face of Subjectivity’: A Case Study in a Psychiatric Hospital (Ghana) Kristine Krause Chapter 5. German Medical Doctors’ Motives for Practising Homoeopathy, Acupuncture or Ayurveda Robert Frank and Gunnar Stollberg Chapter 6. Pluralisms of Provision, Use and Ideology: Homoeopathy in South London Christine A. Barry Chapter 7. Re-examining the Medicalisation Process Efrossyni Delmouzou PART II: BODY, SELF AND THE EXPERIENCE OF HEALING Chapter 8. Healing and the Mind-body Complex: Childbirth and Medical Pluralism in South Asia Geoffrey Samuel Chapter 9. Self, Soul and Intravenous Infusion: Medical Pluralism and the Concept of samay among the Naporuna in Ecuador Michael Knipper Chapter 10. Experiences of Illness and Self: Tamil Refugees in Norway Seeking Medical Advice Anne Sigfrid Grønseth Chapter 11. The War of the Spiders: Constructing Mental Illnesses in the Multicultural Communities of the Highlands of Chiapas Witold Jacorzynski Chapter 12. Epilogue: Multiple Medical Realities: Reflections from Medical Anthropology Imre Lázár and Helle Johannessen Index

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- an intriguing collection of articles exploring medical pluralism and bodily experiences from a largely European perspective.A * American Anthropologist

...an intriguing collection of articles exploring medical pluralism and bodily experiences from a largely European perspective. * American Anthropologist

“…an intriguing collection of articles exploring medical pluralism and bodily experiences from a largely European perspective.” • American Anthropologist

...an intriguing collection of articles exploring medical pluralism and bodily experiences from a largely European perspective. * American Anthropologist

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Helle Johannessen had a PhD in anthropology from University of Copenhagen and conducted research and teaching in medical anthropology from the mid-1980s. She was associate professor at the Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, where she was head of a research unit and a PhD program for social studies in medicine. In her research she studied medical pluralism in Denmark and Europe. She was involved with a comparative study of the use of complementary medicine among cancer patients in Denmark, Italy and India. She died in 2018.

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