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Medical Anthropology, Welfare State and Political Engagement. Vol. II Care and Management of Illness and Distress (2009) 328
Medical Anthropology, Welfare State and Political Engagement. Vol. II Care and Management of Illness and Distress
P. Schirripa, Sylvie Fainzang 1, Els Van Dongen, J.-M. Comelles
(2009)

This book deals with the interpretation of illness and sickness, and the systems for preserving and restoring health in various social contexts, kinds of therapeutic operators, plurality of prevention and recovery knowledge and practices, from shamans to western medical doctors, health preservation and magical-religious perspectives, ritual therapies effectiveness, health care delivery systems in multicultural societies. An outline of the complex and wide phenomenology of the "social side" of health/sickness dynamics.
1 :  Centre de recherche Médecine, Science, Santé et Société (CERMES)
CNRS : UMR8169 – Université Paris XI - Paris Sud – École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales [EHESS] – INSERM : U750
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Anthropologie sociale et ethnologie
biomedical technologies – biomedicine – alternative medicine – power and illness – mental health – possession – bodily techniques